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koebelin t1_j6ammam wrote

Reply to comment by no_buses in Boldly Go. by icedcoffee4eva

Native Eastern Algonquian names are great. Ponkapoag, Mattakeesett, Nantasket, Neponset, Shawmut, Nahant, Wachusetts, Monadnock.They just sound great to my ears. We should have kept more as town names.

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nan_adams t1_j6a9bj1 wrote

Reply to comment by Laurenann7094 in yes this is a real bill that has been introduced by Ministry_of__Truth

As I explained in my post, offering reduced sentencing for joining the transplant list is ethically ambiguous and undermines the altruistic nature of donation. If a prisoner wanted to donate without the reduced sentencing that would be altruistic.

I am someone who received multiple transplants from living donors. I care about the people who donated to me. I am not “gatekeeping” transplants - I am advocating for the rights of the donor.

Our justice system is often inequitable; this plan would put incarcerated persons in a compromising position and could influence them to make a major life decision that they would not ordinarily make if they weren’t incarcerated. On top of that you have the fact that the population of incarcerated persons is majorly skewed racially and socioeconomically you’re creating a system that robs minorities and lower income people of true autonomy and essentially using them as spare parts. If you can’t see how that’s ethically reprehensible I don’t know what to tell you.

I’m very aware people die on transplant lists - not sure why you’re telling me, a person who has been on the list twice, how it works. This is not a solution to the waiting list.

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