Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 13:28:14 +0800
From: Chris Gordan <egordan-AT-alpha1.curtin.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Kidneys


Daniel,
Yes - I agree with you.  The hysteria is about bringing everything back to an organised
'complete' body - I would also say that I think (suspect?) that the market itself is
driven by the self-same hysteria (ie - the desire to maintain the "natural" body as a
whole (ideal) couples with economic thinking of late 'disposable' capitalism: "oh my
kidney no longer works - quick get the yellow pages and I'll order new one!)  The
question comes back to how/where that 'market' is created once the desire/demand for
such a convenience is manifested.   Should science/tech be looking towards the
vulnerabilities of 'other' peoples (socially) in developing transplant technique or
should it be looking towards bio-technological developments as in artificially created
organs?  Personally I'd rather be a cyborg than a body-snatcher (even if it is only
partial).  Certainly this is all about bodies, however, and not BwO - which I would
think happens at the limits of (the limitless) possibilities for/of the body seeking
continuum.  Does that make sense?

Chris

Daniel Haines wrote:

> reading your post it strikes me that this hystyeria about organ theft is
> about as far away from the concept of BwO as you could get.
>
> --"oh my god, they're stealing my organ... making my organism
> incomplete...stop! police!"
>
> - there are no organs in a BwO, but not because someone's stolen them!
>
> dan h.99