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They obviously meant selling physical parts of your body, not selling your time or expertise in the abstract sense.
by i_cannot_hack 8y ago
They obviously meant selling physical parts of your body, not selling your time or expertise in the abstract sense.
- anvandare 8y agoBlood replenishes though. It's not really a body part in that way, just like hair. (I don't know if regular donation has any long-term effects?) In that sense (no permanent impact) I'd see a greater problem with poverty driving people into working as miners or soldiers, than as blood donors. Semantics aside, the real problem is the (desperation of) poverty, not the results of it.
- rnnr 8y agoSo selling your hair is a problem too? Surrogate mothers? Do you even think that a poor person has the same quality of healthcare as a rich person has? All these bans just showcase bad manners and bad leftist ideology.
- eru 8y agoSurrogacy is banned in most of Europe. See eg https://www.euronews.com/2018/09/13/where-in-europe-is-surrogacy-legal https://www.euronews.com/2018/09/13/where-in-europe-is-surro... (or just do some Googling). I don't have too much of an opinion either way, but the Dutch are more consistent than you seem to give them credit for. (Selling hair is legal though for all I know.)
- Nashooo 8y ago> Do you even think that a poor person has the same quality of healthcare as a rich person has? They actually do in The Netherlands :)
- dang 8y agoPlease keep ideological rants off HN. They're what this site is not for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html