Peter Paternalistic

Here is the video that Robby Berman was filming when I broke my hip. The HBO crew was filming Robby filming. I was leaning against a gate across the street from the action.

This is truly a clever video. It's an analogy for the ridiculous prohibitions we have in this country, and every country except Iran, in regards to compensating organ donors. In the video a mother pleads with onlookers to save her child from a burning building. No one steps forward. She then offers $10,000, and someone says he'll do it. Then Robby prevents him from saving the child, saying that he can't accept any money, that it's better if the child die than to save his life and be compensated for it.

This is exactly the situation with organ donation. So please watch it and send it along. Please spread the message that the law has to change. People are dying every day, waiting for organs. As it is now, living donors are not even given paid time off from work to undergo surgery and recover. This prevents many people from donating who cannot afford to take two weeks or more off from work unpaid.