Donor appeal on ITV News - Connected to Libya?

rreeve · 18-03-2011, 07:17 PM

I was just watching the ITV 6 o'clock news for London and a news story came on about a young lad who was inspired to register himself as a donor after watching a Will Smith movie that touched on the issue. Unfortunately, this young lad died a few days later and as he had donated his organs he was eventually able to save five other lives.

Of course I thought this was a touching silver lining that's resulted from the tragic loss of a young life. One that should have giving some little relief to his family's grief.

BUT, then I suddenly snapped out of my television trance and started to see an entirely different perspective to this story. I suddenly realised that this whole story is nothing uncommon, people dying and donating organs happens every single day and I'm sure each and every case is just as tragic and as sad as this one.
So, this got me thinking, WHY are they advertising or rather touting for donors now? Without taking anything away from the young lad featured in the news item who died and who donated his organs, it became clear to me that this so called News-Item was designed to encourage people to register as a donor. And indeed this is exactly how the news item ended, encouraging people to donate. This was a prime-time mainstream news slot and after snapping out of my brainwashing TV trance I saw what was really going on.

Is it just a coincidence that the day we are planning on attacking yet another country, our mainstream news starts encouraging the public to donate their organs?

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ceasar909 · 18-03-2011, 07:24 PM

fair point.well spotted

rreeve · 18-03-2011, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ceasar909

fair point.well spotted

Thanks. Yeah its a bit too much of a coincidence for my liking TBH.

18-03-2011, 07:17 PM	#1
rreeve Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Still trying to work that out Posts: 4,939	Donor appeal on ITV News - Connected to Libya? I was just watching the ITV 6 o'clock news for London and a news story came on about a young lad who was inspired to register himself as a donor after watching a Will Smith movie that touched on the issue. Unfortunately, this young lad died a few days later and as he had donated his organs he was eventually able to save five other lives. Of course I thought this was a touching silver lining that's resulted from the tragic loss of a young life. One that should have giving some little relief to his family's grief. BUT, then I suddenly snapped out of my television trance and started to see an entirely different perspective to this story. I suddenly realised that this whole story is nothing uncommon, people dying and donating organs happens every single day and I'm sure each and every case is just as tragic and as sad as this one. So, this got me thinking, WHY are they advertising or rather touting for donors now? Without taking anything away from the young lad featured in the news item who died and who donated his organs, it became clear to me that this so called News-Item was designed to encourage people to register as a donor. And indeed this is exactly how the news item ended, encouraging people to donate. This was a prime-time mainstream news slot and after snapping out of my brainwashing TV trance I saw what was really going on. Is it just a coincidence that the day we are planning on attacking yet another country, our mainstream news starts encouraging the public to donate their organs? . __________________ You can never know if quotes on the internet are genuine -Abraham Lincoln ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When a white army battles Indians and wins, it is called a great victory, but if they lose it is called a massacre. Chiksika/Cheeseekau

18-03-2011, 07:24 PM	#2
ceasar909 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Achilles Eyes Posts: 716	fair point.well spotted __________________ emancipate yourself from mental slavery,none but ourselves can free our mind