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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 152029" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The "part-rape" story is also urban myth. Round the time of the Sydney 2000 Olympics there was a story doing the rounds of the emails about a bloke waking up after a party in Sydney, in a bathtub of ice with a note saying, "We have taken your kidneys, get yourself to a hospital and onto dialysis if you want to live."</p><p>It was believed to have been started by some people who were miffed at the Olympics being so far away geographically as well as being broadcast live at a time when all sensible American citizens are sound asleep. We don't have a black market in organs in Australia because no organs can be bought or sold here. Mind you, there was an Aussie transplant specialist yesterday saying that the government should buy organs such as kidneys from healthy people willing to sell them. It provoked howls of outrage from everybody else.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes a news story will pick up a spam or hoax and publish it as fact, because they haven't checked Snopes first. And yes, it is theoretically possible that it could happen in some countries where organs can be sold, but only in countries where questions don't get asked and it's most unlikely that tourists would be targeted - too much chance of problems for the organ trader.</p><p></p><p>On the subject of who comes up with scam spam like this - I have a ratbag neighbour who delights in being confrontational and saying the most outrageous things online, to see who falls for it. I think he sees himself as smarter than they are, when people take him seriously and attack him. "They are so stupid - they can't see it's just a joke!" He does it because I think deep down he knows he's not as smart as he makes out, and it makes him feel superior. I've watched him floundering in a conversation with witty people, trying to also be funny and failing miserably. </p><p>I now have good friends who refuse to have anything to do with him because he's learned what pushes their buttons and gets them upset. For example, with a friend who is part-Jewish, he keeps telling her the Holocaust never happened. </p><p>I make a point of not reacting (I've had a lot of practice over the years) but in his attempts to upset me, he has given me a lot of material to write about!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 152029, member: 1991"] The "part-rape" story is also urban myth. Round the time of the Sydney 2000 Olympics there was a story doing the rounds of the emails about a bloke waking up after a party in Sydney, in a bathtub of ice with a note saying, "We have taken your kidneys, get yourself to a hospital and onto dialysis if you want to live." It was believed to have been started by some people who were miffed at the Olympics being so far away geographically as well as being broadcast live at a time when all sensible American citizens are sound asleep. We don't have a black market in organs in Australia because no organs can be bought or sold here. Mind you, there was an Aussie transplant specialist yesterday saying that the government should buy organs such as kidneys from healthy people willing to sell them. It provoked howls of outrage from everybody else. Sometimes a news story will pick up a spam or hoax and publish it as fact, because they haven't checked Snopes first. And yes, it is theoretically possible that it could happen in some countries where organs can be sold, but only in countries where questions don't get asked and it's most unlikely that tourists would be targeted - too much chance of problems for the organ trader. On the subject of who comes up with scam spam like this - I have a ratbag neighbour who delights in being confrontational and saying the most outrageous things online, to see who falls for it. I think he sees himself as smarter than they are, when people take him seriously and attack him. "They are so stupid - they can't see it's just a joke!" He does it because I think deep down he knows he's not as smart as he makes out, and it makes him feel superior. I've watched him floundering in a conversation with witty people, trying to also be funny and failing miserably. I now have good friends who refuse to have anything to do with him because he's learned what pushes their buttons and gets them upset. For example, with a friend who is part-Jewish, he keeps telling her the Holocaust never happened. I make a point of not reacting (I've had a lot of practice over the years) but in his attempts to upset me, he has given me a lot of material to write about! Marg [/QUOTE]
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