[John Cole]

Ripdog,

I'm bothered by your tone, quite frankly. Did you stop for a minute to consider that these people just lost a daughter? Isn't, given the circumstances, "lining up for their payoff" a bit cruel?

I know they should have considered other people in need, but, again, after what these people have gone through, denying the hospital the right to the newly transplanted organs is, at least, understandable.

Mary, the woman I live with, agrees with me, and just for a little perspective, she's on the list for a kidney and pancreas transplant, and may have to wait five or six years, if a match can be found at all. But, that's why we've been together for fifteen years--she has empathy and possesses a rare generousity of spirit, which I urge you to develop.

John