You are a fairly young person in good health, aren't you?
> You are a fairly young person in good health, aren't you?
Mid-forties, hi-blood pressure (treated by medication). Reasonably good health, and an organ & blood donation volunteer.
Like I say, I don't support compulsion -- I'm just curious as to why some folk think it's automatically a bad idea.
I don't support compulsion because it takes away a perfectly good opportunity to volunteer: if it were compulsory wouldn't have the special "feel-good" buzz. It would become a duty rather than an unselfish (and anonymous to the recipient) gift.
That said, given NZ's pathetic donor rate (we freeload from Australia for this and too many other things) I think a bit of compulsion probably wouldn't hurt.