Just like all my posts, I originally write them on Microsoft Word. Sometimes it doesn't convert well when it's pasted on AG:
Israel recently proposed to give some preferential treatment and benefits to any citizen who carries an organ donation card. Though the benefits were not too specific, anyone willing to donate organs will be given an advantage if they were to ever need an organ transplant. So if I have an organ donation card, and my brother does not, and we both need a liver transplant, I would likely get it over my brother.
Though this is a step in the right direction, it is not enough. Here is what needs to be done. Anyone who is a willing organ donor will receive an organ donation if they need it. Those who refuse to donate organs can never receive an organ donation. Ever. Even if there are extra organs.
Not being an organ donor, though a personal decision is also a selfish decision. Most people who are not organ donors would gladly receive a donation if needed, but are unwilling to give. If you are not willing to give your organs (which are useless pieces of flesh when you die), then why should you receive any?
It would be like demanding to pay no taxes, but that you should have access to roads, police, fire department, social security etc. If you don't give to the system, you don't receive the benefits. In order for these services to work, the people have to collectively support it. Even if I don't think I'll ever call the police in my life, I might have to someday, which is why I must pay taxes towards a police force. I feel the same goes for organ donation. If you want the benefits, then you better be willing to give to people in need.
I was watching dateline maybe 3-4 years ago and they did a piece on how doctors are building organs with like an ink jet or laser jet printer. I'm sure the technology is still in its infancy but in the near future there could be very little or no need at all to donate organs.
