Comments on: EBay removes ad for sale of human kidney

EBay removes ad for sale of human kidney

anathema — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:03:09 -0800

EBay removes ad for sale of human kidney. Randall told The Sun newspaper that he was trying to raise money for special therapy for his 6-year-old daughter Alice, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Richard Posner shakes fist.

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:12:29 -0800

Of course, Ebay can restrict their auctions as much as they want. But beyond however distasteful some may find the auctioning of body parts it seems like a perfectly reasonable proposition.

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:15:33 -0800

Another MeFi "spare parts" discussion.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:41:25 -0800

I guess that means that my bid is automatically retracted?

By: orange swan

orange swan — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:03:41 -0800

This man is going to get so much publicity from this he's going to get lots of offers and be able to name his price anyway.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:12:48 -0800

If a fetus is not a person, then it is a part of the mother's body, and can be conveniently purchased using PayPal! Yay!!

By: PrinceValium

PrinceValium — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:15:39 -0800

Richard Posner shakes fist. ROFL

By: rcade

rcade — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:26:39 -0800

Selling your own kidney is "perfectly reasonable" only if you don't mind legitimizing the practice of using poor, stupid, or enslaved people as an organ farm for rich people. If science fiction has taught us anything, that kind of thing is one of the defining traits of our nightmarish dehumanizing cyberpunk future.

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 20:13:27 -0800

rcade, you just went from a straight to z and ingnored every other letter in the alphabet.

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 21:31:53 -0800

ignored