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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. Well, there is THIS to consider...
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 07:02 PM
Dec 2015

There was a short story about a future world in which being cut up for parts had become the punishment for various crimes.
The list had grown longer over time until even traffic infractions and jay-walking put you under the knife.

From time to time, ideas are floated that prisoners could get earlier release if they donated a kidney or something they could spare with not much hardship.

OTOH, the selling of body parts in India has become a huge business, with the poor donor getting the short end of the stick.

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