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To: Lane3 who wrote (15432)6/25/2002 3:39:56 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 21057
 
LOL!!! HAVE YOU BEEN READING NIVEN???

That's EXACTLY what happens in his Known Space series. Executed criminals are automatically organ donors. As time goes on, more and more crimes and infractions become capital crimes. Jaywalking, say.
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To: Lane3 who wrote (15432)6/25/2002 3:42:38 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21057
 
That would be in the boilerplate.

The criminal is a human being and deserves to be treated with basic human dignity in regards to his person. You can't force feed him selenium anymore than you can force him to donate his body to science.


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