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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by loup-vaillant on Monday January 02, 2017 @12:14PM (#13302504)
Mandated choice is good when consent (implied or not) is more important than the outcome. Organ donations are different. I'd rather save lives first and ask questions later.
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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by tomp on Monday January 02, 2017 @01:31PM (#13303221)
Then why allow a choice at all?
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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by ceejayoz on Monday January 02, 2017 @02:01PM (#13303461)
Think of it as an "advanced settings" tab that 99% of people don't use or care about.
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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by loup-vaillant on Monday January 02, 2017 @06:27PM (#13305370)
To avoid rocking the boat too much. There is a difference between the opt-out ruse and open coercion. The latter is more likely to cause problems I don't want to deal with.
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