Josh Chafetz at OxBlog asks whether this report (that Idi Amin seeks kidney donor) is a sick joke.
It sure sounds like a sick joke to me. For once, in this very limited instance, I have to express agreement with Dr. Leon Kass -- who opposes organ transplantation.
No human organs should go into that guy!
On the other hand, I see no reason why xenotransplantation might not be attempted, in this instance -- at least as an experiment. I am not sure whether pig kidneys have ever been transplanted successfully into a human being, but I'd be willing to bend the rules.
I don't think Amin's Saudi hosts would mind, do you?
If they get mad, they could always try another experiment: open up the hospital window, slide him off his gurney, and let him fly!
(That would be research into whether the swineflew...)
posted by Eric on 08.14.03 at 02:31 PM
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Funny...now he cannibalizes for parts.
Not like the good old days. "You want a steak
and WHAT pie, your highness?"
Hmmm...Idi gourmet....?
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Don?t bang your head!
Funny...now he cannibalizes for parts.
Not like the good old days. "You want a steak
and WHAT pie, your highness?"
Hmmm...Idi gourmet....?
J. Case