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Re:Organ donation in England has moved to an opt-out system by ynx1199 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @05:34AM (#23256460)
> you'd want other people to donate their organs.

Indeed, "donate". It is immoral and unethical to kill a person with a beating heart and seize organs if that person forgot one of the 1000 various opt-outs of modern society.

No one here wants to forbid opt-in.

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Re:Organ donation in England has moved to an opt-out system by Fnoord on Thursday May 21, 2020 @07:24AM (#23257097)
The discussion is about whether it should be opt-out or opt-in. Killing a person for their organs is illegal, because killing a person is illegal. Euthanasia follows a very strict protocol.
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Re:Organ donation in England has moved to an opt-out system by askl1111 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:10AM (#23257430)
The comment was not talking about euthanasia at all, but putting up smoke screens is easier than reacting to the concerns of people.
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Re:Organ donation in England has moved to an opt-out system by Fnoord on Saturday May 23, 2020 @06:28PM (#23287137)
Smoke screen?

> Euthanasia follows a very strict protocol.

Was directly preceded by:

> Killing a person for their organs is illegal, because killing a person is illegal.

Which was a response to:

> It is immoral and unethical to kill a person with a beating heart

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