Saturday, June 02, 2007

Dutch relieved but ruffled by kidney hoax


This programme would have been good even if it had been real and not a hoax. It is necessary to raise awareness of the plight of those that, while we may think about them once in a while, they need to connect every single day.

All countries should have automatic organ donation when someone dies. Those that do not want to, can register to opt out. This simple change would raise the level of donors greatly and help many live more decent lives.

How can it be that we would prefer our organs to corrupt in a box or burned to ashes than give better lives to other people? That is bad governance!

Onésimo Alvarez-Moro

See article:
It became the most controversial Dutch TV programme ever, and a talking point from Brussels to Berlin.

Could BNN's Big Donor Show really be as "crazy" and "unethical" as it was cracked up to be?

Broadcaster BNN kept its cards close to its chest, and during the programme's final moments it became clear why.

Lisa, the terminally ill woman who was giving away her kidney as a grand prize, turned out to be Leonie, an actress.

See full Article.