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Originally posted by valkyrie
Not to be a bleeding heart troublemaker here, but how about if we try this: how about taking the few seconds it takes to write a post on greekchat about how much we think it sucks that an illegal immigrant got a transplant that could've gone to a tax paying American and instead doing something to encourage other tax paying Americans to become organ donors? It's not this girl's fault that there aren't enough organs; it's the fault of those who can't be bothered to sign a donor card.
I'm not familiar with the facts of this case, but IMHO, if somebody at the hospital screwed up, he or she should be held accountable. I'm not sure I understand what people are saying here -- are you saying that because the victim was an illegal immigrant then they have no recourse? They should take their lumps and go away? Isn't that blaming the victim (which in my view is NEVER appropriate)?
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1. Certainly the hospital screwed up (f.u.b.a.r. doesn't quite cut it here), so they should be held accountable... but!
2. Here in the real world, we have limited resources with which to work. Tax paying US citizens finance them, and a good portion of them go to those who contribute
nothing to the system from which they so happily withdraw resources. My point is that one shouldn't be able to "withdraw funds from an account into which no deposits in your name have been made" as it were. Granted I'm coming at this from a typical Republican standpoint, but honestly we should be realistic about this kind of thing. After all, of what value is citizenship if citizenship provides no benefits that anyone else can't get?