Opinion of the Issue, part 10

[Associate Justice PiT]

1	Women in the Military	83.3; 5.6; 11.1; 0.0; 0.0
9	Legalize Prostitution	73.1; 11.5; 0.0; 3.8; 11.5
6	Allow Gay Marriage	75.9; 6.9; 0.0; 0.0; 17.2
4	Free Trade Expansion	41.7; 25.0; 2.8; 11.1; 19.4
5	Legalize Hard Drugs	31.3; 28.1; 6.3; 9.4; 25
8	Punish Illegal Immigrants	26.9; 11.5; 0.0; 7.7; 53.8
7	Eliminate the Income Tax	16.1; 9.7; 0.0; 6.5; 67.7
3	Return to the Gold Standard	9.1; 4.5; 4.5; 9.1; 72.7
2	Support the Patriot Act	4.0; 4.0; 4.0; 12.0; 76.0

     This question courtesy of dead0man.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I'm always amused that libertarians to tend focused on these liberities - freedoms from, not freedoms to be.

[Daniel Adams]

Yes, of course.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Yes, of course.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Absolutely not!

[MasterJedi]

Selling your own body to a hospital or person who needs one? Sure

Companies that take in body parts and then mark them up and then sell them? No

And of course if it would kill you to donate the part then no.

[Associate Justice PiT]

And of course if it would kill you to donate the part then no.

     For some reason, I initially read that as saying that it shouldn't be legal to kill other people & sell their body parts.

[Lief 🗽]

Ugh. Voted lean yes accidentally, meant to vote lean no. On further thought, no is probably a better idea.

[Mint]

Selling your own body to a hospital or person who needs one? Sure

Companies that take in body parts and then mark them up and then sell them? No

And of course if it would kill you to donate the part then no.

[The Mikado]

Flat out no.  As I said in the prostitution argument, human beings aren't property.

[Purple State]

Lean no. There are definitely advantages, such as increasing the number of organs available for transplants. However, it also is extremely susceptible to abuse.

[Lunar]

I think selling your body in this manner is almost a right, but not quite.  I don't want people selling their body parts for seven rocks of crack and I don't want people selling their body parts in order to make rent.

I gotta break with my Liberts on this one

[Lunar]

Flat out no.  As I said in the prostitution argument, human beings aren't property.

There's a difference between letting people, uh, penetrate, another human being, and selling a non-regenerative organ

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

As long as it's regenerative, then yes.

[Lunar]

As long as it's regenerative, then yes.

Ah, that's the keyword.

Skin is, after all, an organ.




I may be a faux-libertarian, but I don't think we should in any way encourage poor people to sell essential body parts for short-term relief

[Associate Justice PiT]

As long as it's regenerative, then yes.

Ah, that's the keyword.

Skin is, after all, an organ.




I may be a faux-libertarian, but I don't think we should in any way encourage poor people to sell essential body parts for short-term relief

     I think people have an absolute right to sell parts of their body for whatever reason they want, but that's probably due to me being a propertarian more than anything else.

[SPC]

Yes, of course.

I don't want people selling their body parts for seven rocks of crack and I don't want people selling their body parts in order to make rent.

Isn't that their decision to make and not yours?

[Lunar]

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Isn't that their decision to make and not yours?
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To some degree.  But we as a society shouldn't encourage temporary short-term sacrificing against peoples' long term livelihood.

I'm not sure if I really support  these "gold kits" I've seen recently advertised on TV commercials where suckers mail in all of  their under-valued jewelry in order to receive cash within 48 hours.

Perhaps I'd be ok with selling vital organs, but it would need protections to STRONGLY discourage trickery and deception AKA advertisements throwing up a web of confusion to encourage you to make awful short-term risk/payoff decisions

[Lief 🗽]

Once again, it seems that the old freedom libertarians on this forum care about is the freedom to make as much money as possible.

[dead0man]

Once again, it seems that the old freedom libertarians on this forum care about is the freedom to make as much money as possible.

Yes, that's why we favor legalized prostitution, guns, fireworks, seatbelt laws and free speech too.  It's all about the money!

[Associate Justice PiT]

Once again, it seems that the old freedom libertarians on this forum care about is the freedom to make as much money as possible.

Yes, that's why we favor legalized prostitution, guns, fireworks, seatbelt laws and free speech too.  It's all about the money!

     After all, what's free speech about if not making money?

[Purple State]

I'm not sure if I really support  these "gold kits" I've seen recently advertised on TV commercials where suckers mail in all of  their under-valued jewelry in order to receive cash within 48 hours.

Lets just hope it never comes to suckers mailing in their organs to receive fast cash.

[perdedor]

So long as it is not harmful to other people, I do support the regulation of the human body. then again, the idea that this is even an option to some of the more destitute is nothing short of nauseating and disappointing.