Reference :- Andy Bolt enjoys the opportunity to call the Chinese "barbaric " for trading in human body parts . If it is happening , it certainly does sound barbaric . That could never happen in the democratic west . Or could it ?
Andy, when you declared war on china the other day , you weren't kidding . You are sticking it to those Chinese at every opportunity . On this occasion , although the Chinese deny the accusation , there is evidence to suggest they are up to no good . However , one can't help but get the impression that you are more interested in attacking the Chinese regime , than exposing the plight of the alleged victims . Much of your journalism does have that flavour .
Anyway , since your general point is that we would never trade in body parts in the democratic west, I thought you might find the following of interest . Some time back , Forbes magazine was happy to publish an article by economist Abigail Hall . Forbes magazine is targeted at the very very rich , that is why they love to publish their annual list showing who is the most cashed up . Young Abigail wrote quite a detailed article in which she suggested that poor people should be allowed to sell their organs to rich people . She even did a cost/benefit analysis , based on the donor receiving 1% of the selling price of their organ . She thought that was a fair thing , since for a poor person, this would still be a princely sum . The investment opportunities are apparently immense . The last I looked , close to 50,000 ( presumably rich ) people had viewed the article. Here in the antipodes , an article by Rafi Letzter has been published supporting the very same proposition . Rafi is a science journalist , but his article was published by "Business Insider Australia" , not a science magazine . That's the sort of thing galloping global vampire capitalism and breathtaking inequality tends to produce. My son , Ken junior finds it all quite frightening . He says old blokes like you and me have worn our organs out , so nobody would want them , and besides we will both be dead soon anyway. He , by contrast , is a callow youth, bristling with rude health , and wants to keep his organs in his own hands . But who knows what the future holds ?
Your comrade , Ken .
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