Thread: Shall the criminally insane be put down like a dog with rabies?

Originally Posted by Rajagra

They don't "not provide artificial cardio-pulmonary function" when they harvest organs. They wheel the live donors into the operating theatre, pump them full of anasthetic to stop them twitching as they operate (God forbid they should wake up mid operation!), then they cut the beating heart and other organs out of the person.

That's the reality, not very palatable in those terms is it?

I fail to see why these people are less deserving of long-term care than convicted killers or violent criminally insane people who can't be cured.

Personally I'd rather spend millions in a vain attempt to save an innocent person's life than spend it keeping a killer in comfort for decades.

That is not reality, at least not in this country. I just two months ago attended the funeral of a friend who was "harvested". He was no longer viable due to a massive stroke that killed his brain function. He was on a heart-lung machine until they made arrangements for his organs (as he wished in life) and when the time was right, they disconnected him and removed everything that could be used by another person. His name was Joe. He was not killed by any action of any human. Joe ceased to exist when the blood clot hit his brain.

I don't know where you are getting your info but it's wrong. No one cuts any "beating heart" out of anyone if they want to use that heart. I spent seventeen years in the medical business and I was married to an operating room nurse. I have watched this happen four times.

This is off topic anyway. The question was whether the criminally insane should be executed.