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[snuffysbluff]

I know TS strives to be non political as do I, but...

"The allegations here are so shocking that they are almost impossible to believe. The
allegations, if true, would represent a grotesque form of evil which, despite all the
depravations humanity has seen, would be new to this planet."

Humanity has a long way to go.

[gunug]

The people in Lawrence who practice Falun Gong have been saying this has been happening for a year or two but no one in mainstream journalism believes them or is paying any attention to the situation.  I'm not there and don't know personally except the organs are coming from somewhere.

[snuffysbluff]

Next step would be Soilent Green. <sp> and lamp shades.

[jcarter]

Yeah, they also clubbed thousands of dogs to death over there, because they didnt have the brains to innoculate them against Rabies.  Disgusting.
Jane

[Paddy]

Actual report here:

http://www.david-kilgour.com/2006/Kilgour-...t-July6-eng.pdf

Lots more at http://www.david-kilgour.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kilgour

One take on Kilgour here:

http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bi...es/050421ottawa

Kilgour has always been a tireless worker on behalf of international human rights and though I don't agree with him politically on some things, there is no doubt where his heart lies.

Some thoughts on the matter from a prominent Canadian bio-ethics expert:

http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2006/08/d...falun-gong.html

Can't find anything about further research/investigations, and the Chinese government has never exactly been a model of cooperation with foreign investigators. The only detractor (who pops up anywhere he finds a blog posting and responds) also holds that there were few if any students killed during the Tiananmen Square and that those who were killed were rioters throwing Molotov cocktails etc. (ie: they deserved what they got, according to him)...and the fact that the activity appears to have ceased - see transcript of radio interviews with Kilgour -  after the whistle was blown in the spring of 2005 makes it even more difficult to investigate now, unfortunately.

[sandbox]

Yes Soylent Green is the answer to many problems, but this one only serves the market that consumes the results of these harvests.

Demand for a parts department will continue blaming the manufacturer rather than the consumer, like drugs, and it will continue until the acquisitions from this parts department is stopped.

Who is going to tell the next influential person that he can’t have that kidney sitting in the frig, while his wife, mother, son or daughter is dying on the table in the next room?

Who's going to tell the prisoner that his organs are no longer able to save his family from starvation?

Whether you give your life in a field in China that will not produces a sustainable existence, or you give your life a piece at a time under the knife, the end result is the same, your in a hole in the ground with dirt in your face, holding your breath forever.  

If being a Falun Gong Practitioner in China is illegal then they've sealed their own fate.