Do you realise how many children are abused by pedophiles Jaydin? An unfortunately staggering amount. The probability of a pedophile on a donor waiting list that your organ may go to isn't incredibly small at all. Certainly lower than meat eaters, yes, but not incredibly small or unlikely. A meat eating pedophile, probably. Nevertheless, it was to prove a point that an organ can go to all sorts of bad people.
I completely agree with the argument that not donating organs because it will probably go to a meat eater can actually diminish people's views of veganism. The responses from every person I've asked about this seem to reinforce this. I will be donating my organs and will continue to donate blood, and I personally think the view of not donating to not save meat eaters is extremist. That is my opinion and I am entitled to it. Done with arguing otherwise.
Yes Chewie, I do, and it is unfortunate. Assuming that there are currently 100 000 pedophile's in Australia at given time X (WAY more then there already are, as this article {
http://www.watoday.com.au/national/child-abuse-cases-rise-in-australia-20100121-mmj6.html} shows there were approximately 34 000 cases of child abuse IN GENERAL in 2008-09), and at the same time X 2% of the population is vegetarian (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_in_specific_countries#Australia), then the probability that the person is a meat eater is 98%, compared to the 0.5% chance they are a pedophile.
But you say a pedophile is just an example of any type of bad person an organ could possibly go too, so we'll look at crime statistics. In 2008-09 police took action against 1.286% of the population (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Australia). Granted, not everybody gets caught so for arguments sake we'll jack that figure up to 5%...a HUGE and unwarranted increase. STILL, the probabilities are 98% and 5% for eating meat and being a criminal respectively. If you want to stand by and say that a 93% difference is not big enough to warrant different moral considerations well you can go ahead but it seems clear you're wrong.
One last thing though, what do you think of the children argument Jaydin? Surely that applies to this argument/thought pattern too?
I do think that everybody deserves a chance, but you do have to balance that thought with the fact that animals deserve a chance as well, and it's a bit rough to take a chance with a whole heap of animals lives because one kid MAY become a vegetarian. It's a bit harsh on the animals.
I must state that I'm still trying to find where I personally stand on this issue, as I have not resolved the conflict between the two arguments I have supplied. I do not have a position as of yet. I'm just arguing vigilantly because I don't feel people had seriously considered the argument for not donating organs that seriously yet.
