Beijing Olympics bad news for South Koreans

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

They did a piece on this a few months back on the BBC News -- they had someone go undercover to buy an organ. The amount of money they make selling organs is staggering. It was very chilling stuff.

[Robor007 0]

I don't even have a problem with their organs being used to save people.

I do.

People sentenced to death are generally guilty of committing a sadistic premeditated murder. There was a guy who kidnapped, sexually assaulted, then murdered a young girl a few years ago. I'm all for human rights and justice but someone who does something like that no longer deserves those rights. That guy could be carved open for organ harvest while he's still alive for all I care.

[almaty 19]

I don't even have a problem with their organs being used to save people.

I do.

People sentenced to death are generally guilty of committing a sadistic premeditated murder. There was a guy who kidnapped, sexually assaulted, then murdered a young girl a few years ago. I'm all for human rights and justice but someone who does something like that no longer deserves those rights. That guy could be carved open for organ harvest while he's still alive for all I care.

maybe true in some countries, but i do not believe in china, where political oppression is rampant and a state crime

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I don't even have a problem with their organs being used to save people.

I do.

People sentenced to death are generally guilty of committing a sadistic premeditated murder. There was a guy who kidnapped, sexually assaulted, then murdered a young girl a few years ago. I'm all for human rights and justice but someone who does something like that no longer deserves those rights. That guy could be carved open for organ harvest while he's still alive for all I care.

maybe true in some countries, but i do not believe in china, where political oppression is rampant and a state crime

Exactly. You get sentenced to death for much less than sadistic acts in China. To add insult to injury, so to speak, folks actually seem to be sentenced to become spare parts. Next thing you know, the Chinese gov't going out willy-nilly sentencing people to death to balance the budget. Hell no!

[almaty 19]

I don't even have a problem with their organs being used to save people.

I do.

People sentenced to death are generally guilty of committing a sadistic premeditated murder. There was a guy who kidnapped, sexually assaulted, then murdered a young girl a few years ago. I'm all for human rights and justice but someone who does something like that no longer deserves those rights. That guy could be carved open for organ harvest while he's still alive for all I care.

maybe true in some countries, but i do not believe in china, where political oppression is rampant and a state crime

Exactly. You get sentenced to death for much less than sadistic acts in China. To add insult to injury, so to speak, folks actually seem to be sentenced to become spare parts. Next thing you know, the Chinese gov't going out willy-nilly sentencing people to death to balance the budget. Hell no!

good points..and i agree...the $$$ goes to the state, who run the trials...the prisons and excutions and make the laws...

[Caladan 19]

I have a problem when 'death penalty' might be the appropriate punishment for what we'd call 'demonstrating.' (As well as a larger argument that structuring the incentives for the death penalty this way probably leads to more unjustified death penalty convictions.) China's got a lot going for it, but not in the area of human rights.

[ceriserose 1]

Despite what they say does anyone really believe the only place organs are harvested is from executed prisoners? Stories of the 'disappeared' in South America have been doing on for 20+ years (probably more but I didn't pay attention before then). I doubt there's less of a black market for them in other areas.

Sad.

[JohnK 0]

Dammit. Now I have to wait longer for a kidney.

I thought that was what some people were advocating...

Now, now.... I only advocated chopping off fingers. That would have made it easier to determine how many times they had been caught and deported previously!

[Mirorgate 0]

I don't even have a problem with their organs being used to save people.

I do.

People sentenced to death are generally guilty of committing a sadistic premeditated murder. There was a guy who kidnapped, sexually assaulted, then murdered a young girl a few years ago. I'm all for human rights and justice but someone who does something like that no longer deserves those rights. That guy could be carved open for organ harvest while he's still alive for all I care.

maybe true in some countries, but i do not believe in china, where political oppression is rampant and a state crime

Exactly. You get sentenced to death for much less than sadistic acts in China. To add insult to injury, so to speak, folks actually seem to be sentenced to become spare parts. Next thing you know, the Chinese gov't going out willy-nilly sentencing people to death to balance the budget. Hell no!

good points..and i agree...the $$$ goes to the state, who run the trials...the prisons and excutions and make the laws...

Indeed. General Cho needs a liver transplant. Who of compatible family is needing to get inprisoned? oh, little Bling Bling listening to bad influential rap music. hey ho! you gots to go!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Despite what they say does anyone really believe the only place organs are harvested is from executed prisoners? Stories of the 'disappeared' in South America have been doing on for 20+ years (probably more but I didn't pay attention before then). I doubt there's less of a black market for them in other areas.

Sad.

If there's a criminal organization going around snatching people for their organs that's certainly bad enough. But when a government does this and other governments seem complicit (the importing nations) then it's just so much more wrong.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Dammit. Now I have to wait longer for a kidney.

one of mine's on ebay. Buy it now $9,999.

local pickup only

[dalegg 143]

This sounds like a perfect excuse to invade North Korea.

[Scott & Lai 12]

I don't even have a problem with their organs being used to save people.

I do.

People sentenced to death are generally guilty of committing a sadistic premeditated murder. There was a guy who kidnapped, sexually assaulted, then murdered a young girl a few years ago. I'm all for human rights and justice but someone who does something like that no longer deserves those rights. That guy could be carved open for organ harvest while he's still alive for all I care.

maybe true in some countries, but i do not believe in china, where political oppression is rampant and a state crime

Exactly. You get sentenced to death for much less than sadistic acts in China. To add insult to injury, so to speak, folks actually seem to be sentenced to become spare parts. Next thing you know, the Chinese gov't going out willy-nilly sentencing people to death to balance the budget. Hell no!

Within the last few years, a man in China was executed for embezzlement. In another case, a man bought some dynamite from a construction supplier, and used it in a murder. The owner of the construction company was arrested and executed.