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Thank You, God!

For such fertile satirical raw materiel. I tell ya, you can't make up stuff this good.

First off, if you've ever been to New Mexico, you should it's very difficult to detect any sort of higher brain function in anybody there. That "brain death" thing would be a really tough call in Albequrque, for instance.

But seriously, maybe this will lead to a subdivision of which organs are farmed from the riders of the various motorcycle brands? For instance, if the rider was on a Harley Davidson, you are reasonably certain that you don't want any brain or liver tissue from this donor.

On the other hand, I have a cousin who has a rapidly deteriorating sense of smug self-satisfaction. The first BMW or SV650 owner that gets it will doubtlessly have not died in vain, as my cousin will have the needed organ packed in dry ice, flown across the country, and transplanted into his body so he can once again feel superior about his consumer product choices just like any other healthy American man.

There is a 63-year-old woman in Grosse Point, Michigan who has not clipped a coupon, shopped at Target, or taken extra packets of Sweet-n-lo from her Starbucks for years, due to a battle with thrift-organ cancer that required a partial thriftectomy. The next noble victim who dies unhelmeted in New Mexico, while riding his KLR650 or GS500E will give up his massive, overdeveloped thrift organ so Mrs. Dunleavy may once again annoy her family members with tales of how she saved 50 cents on her purchase of Cool-Whip dessert topping.

And then there is Hakim Schwartz, of Portland, Oregon, who suffers from small testes syndrome, rendering him unable to father children. The next TL1000S rider who tank-slaps himself into oblivion will make sure the Schwartz household will one day resound with the sound of tiny feet.

Rachael Morris of Freemantle, Nebraska is obsessively frugal, unable to enjoy even going to diner at Wendy's and renting a $1 DVD at Blockbuster. But thanks to the new law, as soon as a Ducati owner buys il farmo, (doubtlessly when his $3,000 Marchesisni mags disintegrate at 110 mph) a partial money-wasting organ transplant will enable her to enjoy life and eat out more often.

Senator Hurt's bill will open so many doors to those Americans suffering needlessly. It's not a moment too soon.
 

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Actually I read about a study of that in one of my psychology books (I'm a psych major) that showed that the subjects who had expressed anti-homosexual remarks were actually more arroused by homosexual images than those who where straight and not homophobic. So now when I read someone calling someone or something gay in a derrogatory manner, it just makes me smirk a little because they are saying more about themselves than they know they are.
 

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Wrong: this law says "Brain Death", not clinical death. So if your heart is beating, but have no brain function, you're screwed. Unless it is just an error in the write up.

--Foxy
 

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Just want to remind everyone NOT to join the AMA, since we all know they never do anything and have a crappy magazine and blah, blah, blah. The bureaucrats WILL get around to you sooner or later. Depend on it.
 

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This newsstory reminds me of some stories by Larry Niven where he postulates a future society where the public are so frantic for organ transplants that they have voted the death penalty for less and less serious offenses until you can get the death penalty for income tax evasion or several speeding tickets.



Ridiculous? Probably. But he also predicted a criminal enterprise of "organleggers" who murder people for there organs and sell them on the blackmarket. Farfetched? Well, there was an incident where a mental hospital in East Europe was discovered to have been killing patients for organs and selling them. There are also persistent rumors that the ChiComms do the same with prisoners.



Don't discount the possiblilty of forced organ donations. The majority of people may come to support such laws if they believe it will extend their miserable existences.
 

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Re: Thank You, God!

LOL! Though some would argue that they moved to New Mexico to escape the brain dead masses of New York or L.A.
 

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Excellent work, Gabe

Given the fact that New Mexico consistantly ranks near the bottom of the list of states in terms of per capita income and other economic indicators, this may be a huge boon to their ecomomy. New Mexico will be the organ donor capital of the US. Open up high-end medical clinics in Santa Fe and Taos, where rich Californians and New Yorkers can check in, and enjoy the beautifull spa setting while selecting the replacement organ of their choice, and recovering from the transplant surgery.

Thanks for the suggestion

Bob
 

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In my opinion Senator Hurt (whose profession is listed as "Physician") is just trying to make a statement to the motorcycling community with this bill, that he thinks we are a bunch of idiots whose votes don't count. He can't possibly think it will pass. I say that the motorcycling community should show Sen. Hurt that we got his message by flinging cow manure all over his senate office.



If you all will go to the link to the senate bill that someone previously posted, click on "senate" at the top of the web page and then do a search for senator Hurt, you will see a picture of his smirking, smart-ass face. There is also an address listed where you can write him and tell him what you think.
 

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If you accept the premise of some of the posters on prior threads regarding helmet useage, by definition, helmetless riders are brain dead.

This could lead to the situation of seemingly healthy young helmetless riders being pulled over by New Mexico State Troopers and being required to donate needed organs. This IS sounding more and more like the Monty Python routine!
 

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I say we chip in and buy him:



a) an EasyLeaker(tm)

b) a pair of pink fringed arm chaps

c) a year's subscription to Easyrides.

 
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