More Saudi pork?

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 swine flew...)

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....?

J. Case

j. case   ·  August 15, 2003 10:38 AM


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