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I was very happy to see this topic. Im an educator for organ donation.
1st I am registered and have no doubt that it is a great thing to do. If I am gone, I am gone and to be able to possibly give life to someone in my death is a nice thought.
2nd This topic generally doesnt become important to you until you meet someone who either has had or needs a transplant. It will change your view to see someone who is alive simply because someone thought enough to share. It will also depress the heck out of you to see someone who will probably die because others choose not to think about this topic because its uncomfortable.
3rd When minorities choose not to register we screw our own community. Organs can cross racial lines but for the most part they are matched better within the same ethnic group.
If you are really creeped out about having something visual like a donor card or a license insignia just ask about your states official registry. That way noone will know that you are a donor until you are a gonner anyway.
I can answer these questions more formally but I figured it was a message board and Id keep it light.
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