Greed has caused many problems throughout American history. You can trace American greed from the beginning days when the colonists took land from Native Americans to owners of meatpacking companies forcing their employees to work in horrible conditions in the Progressive Era. One of the most prominent examples of greed in modern day United States is the issue of organ donation. Mahatma Gandhi once said,”There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.” Organ donation is an issue facing our society today, but luckily it has a solution. In the United States, 38% of drivers have a small heart located on their license indicating that if something should happen to them, they are willing to donate any organ to anyone
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She was a healthy young lady with the brightest smile and the happiest attitudes toward this world. On one rainy day in June 2009, she got in a car accident with two other friends. One of her friends who sat in the front seat broke his leg and the other one in the backseat was fine. Everyone thought that my aunt was fine too. Unfortunately, it turned out that throughout her entire life, she had kidney problems, and only test results from the accident revealed this. She had only one functioning kidney, which it turned out she lost it in the accident. When they discovered her condition, they put her on a kidney transplant waiting list right away. Every member of the family wore a tearstained face for a week. I was thirteen years old and just starting my junior high school. I was old enough to realize something was terribly wrong in the family. My mother sat there quietly in her room more than usual and all I heard from her talking on the phone was to keep my aunt in everyone’s prayers. My mother went to the hospital every day to be with her. Her condition only grew worse. I still remember seeing her bright smile and hearing her contagious laughter echoing down the hallway during the first week at the hospital. However, I also remember that she drastically changed over the next month. By the end of July, we couldn’t even see her for anytime we wanted anymore. We didn’t hear any news about how high up she was on the …show more content…
In 2013, there were only 132 organ donors, which helped 334 people. There were still 3,516 people on the waiting list that needed organs. (manager.co.th) In Thailand, 96 percent of the population are Buddhists. Buddhism believes in reincarnation back into the same body and that is one of the main reasons why people choose not to donate any of their organs. They believe that when they come back in the next life, they won’t have complete set of organs. The only ridiculous thing about that is Buddhist also believes in cremation. Everything that you called your body will eventually turn in to dust. I asked my American host mother about her opinion about organ donation and she told me that she believes in helping other people. She believes that there is nothing greater than the gift of life. It doesn’t matter that her organs will belong to some strangers that she has no clue about, but as long as she doesn’t need them anymore, they can help gives other’s
She was a healthy young lady with the brightest smile and the happiest attitudes toward this world. On one rainy day in June 2009, she got in a car accident with two other friends. One of her friends who sat in the front seat broke his leg and the other one in the backseat was fine. Everyone thought that my aunt was fine too. Unfortunately, it turned out that throughout her entire life, she had kidney problems, and only test results from the accident revealed this. She had only one functioning kidney, which it turned out she lost it in the accident. When they discovered her condition, they put her on a kidney transplant waiting list right away. Every member of the family wore a tearstained face for a week. I was thirteen years old and just starting my junior high school. I was old enough to realize something was terribly wrong in the family. My mother sat there quietly in her room more than usual and all I heard from her talking on the phone was to keep my aunt in everyone’s prayers. My mother went to the hospital every day to be with her. Her condition only grew worse. I still remember seeing her bright smile and hearing her contagious laughter echoing down the hallway during the first week at the hospital. However, I also remember that she drastically changed over the next month. By the end of July, we couldn’t even see her for anytime we wanted anymore. We didn’t hear any news about how high up she was on the …show more content…
In 2013, there were only 132 organ donors, which helped 334 people. There were still 3,516 people on the waiting list that needed organs. (manager.co.th) In Thailand, 96 percent of the population are Buddhists. Buddhism believes in reincarnation back into the same body and that is one of the main reasons why people choose not to donate any of their organs. They believe that when they come back in the next life, they won’t have complete set of organs. The only ridiculous thing about that is Buddhist also believes in cremation. Everything that you called your body will eventually turn in to dust. I asked my American host mother about her opinion about organ donation and she told me that she believes in helping other people. She believes that there is nothing greater than the gift of life. It doesn’t matter that her organs will belong to some strangers that she has no clue about, but as long as she doesn’t need them anymore, they can help gives other’s