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- Andy.D, on 02/11/2009, -5/+45The USA Today story that is based on is almost three years old. Slow news day?
- studdenfadden, on 02/12/2009, -4/+41Anyone who is in favour of the death penalty yet against these buses is a hypocrite. Why does it matter if it is done inside a bus or a room in the prison?
- willrs, on 02/12/2009, -0/+33lol
due process
lol
china... - Schrodinger2, on 02/12/2009, -0/+26Conflict of interest/creating a demand for more executions.
- vinetari, on 02/12/2009, -2/+24Too bad the German SS thought of it first.
- Enkairi, on 02/12/2009, -1/+16Whats the problem with recycling organs?
- macgiants, on 02/12/2009, -2/+15Well, death penalty or not, the speculation that it might be used in conjunction with harvesting organs certainly raised my eyebrows. Plus, there's that whole "due process" thing which kind of gets thrown out the window with a roving deathmobile.
- inactive, on 02/12/2009, -3/+15So, harvesting organs from executed prisoners is wrong, because harvested organs may save lives of innocents?
So it is better for the organs to rot in the ground with the corpse? Why not use them to better others who may need them? - IHaveCrayons, on 02/12/2009, -7/+18So basically you're admitting you're a racist.
- bmystry, on 02/12/2009, -0/+9I was thinking the same thing if you're going to kill people why not get some good out of it?
- Commonwealth, on 02/12/2009, -0/+9ameeeerifags. amerifaaaags. amERifags. Hmm, no it sounds just as retarded no matter how I pronounce it.
- Findeton, on 02/12/2009, -0/+8The thing is that when there's a need for a certain organ, it doesn't matter if you had a death sentence or not, they just find a prisoner with the specifications on that organ and they execute it. The dictatorship's authorities will keep trafficking with prisoners' organs (even when they have no death sentence) until something or someone takes the dictatorship to an end.
- judicar, on 02/12/2009, -0/+8Ancient, even the same picture. Bloggers really are the death of journalism.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-14-deat ... - dengzhi, on 02/12/2009, -0/+8Chinese don't waste anything.
- fragomatik, on 02/12/2009, -0/+7@Ortheos: Yes, but the point is that currently death-row prisoners have no monetary "worth". Once they become a commodity worth money (LOTS of money), then THAT is an incentive for governments and corporations to supply the market with what it demands. Where do you draw the line? At murder? At rape? At theft? At driving-without-license? At smoking pot? At littering?
Remember, we are talking about a "product" that prolongs peoples lives. If those people are tax-payers and the state offers them a chance of life at the expense of a few felons, then pretty soon those tax-payers would happily approve the death-penalty for just about any crime on the books.
If the population demands transplant organs, and the law allows them to have cheap access to them via state-sponsored "organ harvesting" prisons, then THAT is a recipe for totalitarian hell.
Then there's the black-market to consider... - schiavosaurus, on 02/12/2009, -1/+8It's what the Straight Talk Express always wanted to be
- kahoona1, on 02/12/2009, -0/+7This is the type of article I expect from The Onion...
- defenswens26, on 02/12/2009, -4/+11Uh... Alrighty then.
- rabidjester, on 02/12/2009, -3/+9Hmm this reminds me of Powell's mobile weapons labs....
- nils, on 02/12/2009, -1/+7It's a photo of a bus and some unsupported claims. The links to unrelated stories don't really help the article. I mean, really, I am not a fan of the Chinese dictatorship but you have to do better than that. Buried as propaganda.
- minnecrapolis, on 02/12/2009, -0/+6Thanks for telling us what the title summary already said.
- minoss, on 02/12/2009, -0/+6@Ortheos
No, because it give the state an incentive to execute more prisoners in an effort to boost organ sales revenue. - Logistics1, on 02/12/2009, -0/+6This could be the new 4Chan party van
- inactive, on 02/12/2009, -0/+6"Schutzstaffel did it! Schutzstaffel did it!"
- sleepy35758, on 02/12/2009, -0/+6Expect these to be in Texas within the next couple of months
- inactive, on 02/12/2009, -0/+5 "Like everything else in Chinese motoring, they excel in concept and fall way short in execution."
Favorite comment. - inactive, on 02/12/2009, -3/+8I find it laughable that this is somehow considered wrong, considering these organs may save lives? SO it is better to execute the condemned (just like you Americans do) and throw their organs away to rot? While there are living innocents who may need a transplant?
Wake up and smell the coffee! And besides this isn't even proven, and if it was, good on them the chinese government has found a use for condemned criminals. - theOguy, on 02/12/2009, -0/+5Bring out your dead....... bring out your dead......
- fragomatik, on 02/12/2009, -0/+5Author Larry Niven predicted organ-banks stocked with the harvested organs of convicted felons. He also warned of the consequences should the demand for such organ "donations" become commonplace. A populace desperate for cheap transplant organs and longevity would approve the death-penalty for previously "trivial" crimes, like tax-evasion and jay-walking. Something to think about...
- LenBaird, on 02/12/2009, -1/+6Unless they have a rolling jury, judge and lawyers at the ready, it isn't quite the same thing, is it?
- AlienMushroom, on 02/12/2009, -0/+5Overpopulation? Who was bitching about China's birth control policy back then (and now)?
- Zippo, on 02/12/2009, -0/+5The Death Bus... when you see it, you'll ***** bricks.
- scyphozoa, on 02/12/2009, -1/+5uhhh organ harvesting trucks :(
- Barackalypse, on 02/12/2009, -0/+4I want this bus for my new "Americans for Constitutional Government" foundation.
- ohplease, on 02/12/2009, -0/+4
Chinese isn't a race, idiot. - taibo, on 02/12/2009, -1/+5No, I think they've got the execution part down pretty well.
- LenBaird, on 02/12/2009, -1/+5"No, it isn't happening, because I declare it to be so, because it isn't warm and fuzzy.. where's that remote, American Idol is on."
- kaoitik, on 02/12/2009, -2/+5BTW, I took that penny you dropped last week and gave it to my Chinese friend.
- rlbigfish, on 02/12/2009, -0/+3Well, the article just technically says they were getting in trouble for harvesting the organs of their prisoners...it did not say anywhere that those prisoners had been executed or were otherwise deceased. So I could see a problem with that.
- setset, on 02/12/2009, -3/+6you hate the Chinese yet I'll bet nothing and say that the clothes on you back right now was made in china. Also, most of the goods in your house. Hate them or love them, they are an economic super power. While we poke fun of them, they'll soon remind us (Americans) that we owe them money. Ohh, you better believe it. I'm just saying.
- longbow486, on 02/12/2009, -0/+3Nelson: Take another step and the pumpkin gets it!
Pumpkin: What do I care, that is a yellow pumpkin...
Nelson: Your a Racist!
Pumpkin: All Pumpkins are racist, the only difference is that I admit it. - flamewall203, on 02/12/2009, -0/+3Obviously a Decepticon
- setset, on 02/12/2009, -1/+4Chinese people = Asians
Asians != Chinese people
Don't be an idiot. - inactive, on 02/12/2009, -0/+3It's certainly cost-effective, I'll give you that - although I don't know if 'death sentence' and 'right' really go together.
- hymneforthedead, on 02/12/2009, -0/+3if american cops ever tried this *****, the bus wouldn't make it past the first street without getting shot at and bombed..you'd see huge riots.
- Brasolis, on 02/12/2009, -0/+3Is it just me that read "Why not get some food out of it?"
- Findeton, on 02/12/2009, -3/+6The thing is that when there's a need for a certain organ, it doesn't matter if you had a death sentence or not, they just find a prisoner with the specifications on that organ and they execute it. You know, there's not democracy there, China is just a dictatorship, and no one will stop this from happening. The dictatorship's authorities will keep trafficking with prisoners' organs (even when they have no death sentence) until something or someone takes the dictatorship to an end.
- dsmx, on 02/12/2009, -0/+3Death on wheels has arrived.
- Danltn, on 02/12/2009, -0/+2Coming to a neighbourhood near you.
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