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I guess there is so much intolerance in our society. It is not just the color of your skin or the way that you worship your God that people discriminate against anymore. Society as a whole is getting just so damn narcissistic and bitchy. Every other commercial on TV is about fixing what is wrong with you. What if there is really just something wrong with society? What if its okay to have one tit bigger than the other, two moles behind your left ear, graying hair, limp dicks, a few stretch marks here and there, and of course the terribly unwanted love handles? I would gladly be friends with real people, with real issues. I don’t want some fake made up shell of what a person wants to be. I would rather talk to a 85% burn victim about the way to solve cancer and global hunger than some super-model chick about Prada or Versace. We as a people have become so materialistic and uncaring. We have people living in hunger and homeless residenced in the richest country in the world, yet we walk past them every day without even saying “hello”; which is free. But let a celebrity have an issue and 144 million American are instantly glued to the TV screen sending thousands of dollars in money to “Save the Pink Polka Dot Deli and Tea shop” because that is the persons favorite lunch stop….all in the name of saving the celebrity from going back into the hospital for anxiety attacks. How did we get to this level of uncaring and hatefulness? What made us stop caring for each other? The world is going to hell in a hand basket quickly. I saw this documentary about organ sales in foreign countries and it is so scary…we are setting ourselves up for another Plague quickly. When did selling a kidney become so easy and so cheap? Read below and watch the video. If you can’t see this then please go to YouTube or Google and type “Iran Kidney Sale”….I don’t think things will ever get better in the Middle East if they begin to realize that rich Westerners are using them as body part farms for the highest bidder. How would you feel about us? The actual film is embedded below.
Iran kidney sale This World films inside one of Iran's kidney donor clinics. Tuesday, 31 October, 2006 2150 GMT on BBC Two
In Iran, the buying and selling of kidneys is legal and regulated by the state. As a result, the Iranians claim to have eliminated waiting lists for people on dialysis. The only problem is that if you do not have the money for a new kidney then there is no list to get on. There is an official price list, where the state pays donors $1,000 (£531) while the recipient and their family pay $2000 (£1,062). But once donor and recipient are introduced the haggling starts. With the average salary in Iran being around $200 (£106) a month, the stakes are high for both sides. This documentary gives a fascinating insight into ordinary life in Iran through the eyes of two young Iranians who have decided to sell a kidney. Mehrdad lost his job on the railways and now faces mounting debts. He wants to sell a kidney to fund a new job as a taxi driver. And Sohaila, who already works long shifts at night but since her father died six years ago, she has had to support two younger sisters. Her wage alone is just not enough.
