organlegging

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Has there been reported a larger direct quote from which this came? I never like to think that anybody is capable of such orson.¹

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2008/March/SecurityBeat.htm#Science

Niven said a good way to help hospitals stem financial losses is to spread rumors in Spanish within the Latino community that emergency rooms are killing patients in order to harvest their organs for transplants.

“The problem [of hospitals going broke] is hugely exaggerated by illegal aliens who aren’t going to pay for anything anyway,” Niven said.

¹ "a frothy mix of social commentary and fecal matter", of course.

Comments

[beaq.livejournal.com]

¹ Oh, my. That is beautiful.

[beaq.livejournal.com]

The coinage, I mean, not the commentary.

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

It's really a good thing that sci-fi writers don't run the country.

[(Anonymous)]

I never like to think that anybody is capable of such orson.

That's sweet of you, but I think you might not be reading the 'right' blogs.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

[sorry, that was me not logged on properly]

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Euw. I'll try to remember the technical term.

[via-lens.livejournal.com]

That's absolutely hideous.

Then again, it is hard to surprise me anymore about the revolting way immigrants are treated in this country. And that makes me sad.