Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 08:37:08 -0400
To: marxism-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
From: zodiac-AT-interlog.com (zodiac)
Subject: Re: Libertarian's definition of socialism


At 12:29 AM 042996 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:

>Brave souls with a web browser can read Brian Carnell's advocacy of the
>sale of organs for transplant on his delightful web site, at
>
>        <http://www.net-link.net/~briand/>.

Thanks for the tip, Doug.

And thank YOU for that a-MAZ-ing web site, Comrade Carnell!

This infotaining web site opens with Comrade Jethro Carnell calling himself
a "non-affiliated philosopher" -- and it gets better. He's also a "freelance
writer!" To prove it, he notes: "I've published over 1,000 articles in
newspapers and magazines. Some of the more interesting ones are here." We
then get a grand total of THREE (plus a FAQ). That means 997 uninteresting
ones, I suppose.

However, be not daunted! For the ones online are a fine representation of
Comrade Carnell's talents. 

     ARTICLE ONE: Billed as the "complete coverage" of
     some wanky controversey at a Michigan university 
     newspaper over a strip club trying to run an ad in
     it to attract the local frat boys. 

     ARTICLE TWO: Comrade Carnell attends a Michigan 
     Militia rally and writes about it.
 
     ARTICLE THREE: Poor people should be able to sell 
     their organs to the rich as a beautifully natural
     part of capitalism and the wage system.

For those without a web browser, here's a snippet or two from the GIANT
BRAIN of Comrade Jethro Carnell's organ sales article. Awesome penmanship,
the way he uses a little kid and a cuddly stuffed tiger from a comic strip
as a way of backing into a argument in favor of allowing the army of the
unemployed to grab some means of subsistence by selling kidneys to the rich.
Hire this man!

     "Calvin, a 25-year-old man with a wife and three kids,
     needs money. Calvin wants to start his own business, but
     needs $50,000 up front to get it started. Hobbes learns
     of Calvin's predicament and approaches him with a most
     unusual offer. 

     "Hobbes is a lawyer representing a wealthy client in 
     desperate need of a kidney transplant. Hobbes' client will
     give Calvin $50,000 if he will agree to donate one of his
     kidneys. Calvin discusses his options with his wife and
     decides he is willing to sell his kidney."

Much later on, Carnell comes to this conclusion:

     "In other words, despite the arguments of those opposed 
     to the sale of organs that it will only benefit the rich,
     the fact is that organ transplantation already benefits
     the wealthy almost exclusively if the entire world is 
     taken into account. An individual in moderate need of a 
     liver transplant in the United States will receive a 
     transplant over an individual in dire need of a liver 
     transplant in Bangladesh. The mere existence of poor and 
     rich countries with the attendant medical facilities that
     are geared toward benefiting citizens of those countries
     exclusively (except in extremely rare cases) itself 
     establishes a system whereby the wealthy are rewarded 
     disproportionately. Selling organs would not violate any
     sacred medical ethic, but instead, but instead merely
     reaffirm the existing system."

The Geraldo Show's on the phone.... Make sure you tell him you're a
libertarian, now.

And God bless the net.

Ken.



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