Thursday, February 12, 2004

Charity and fairness

Organ donation is perhaps the greatest gift a person can give. It is literally the gift of life.

LifeSharers members give their organs first to others who have promised to do the same. Critics say that’s unfair. What a weird thing to say.

When you give food to a hungry person, nobody criticizes you for not giving it to a different person who is even hungrier. When you give money to your church, nobody criticizes you for not giving it to the United Way.

So how does it make sense to criticize someone for deciding who gets his organs?

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