M Holmes wrote:
> In uk.finance Mike_B wrote:
>> In message , M Holmes
>>>
>>>Well, except a kidney...
>>
>> Only because the law forbids it I suspect, otherwise they'd be hiring
>> surgeons as we type.
>
> You know, it's unfair to people not to permit them to get secured loans
> against body organs. Surely nobody would deny that such organs are
> clearly their property, nor that they're valuable.
Perhaps that's what's *really* behind the ID card scheme. The govt's
personal details database can act as a mortgage register wherein charges
against body parts can be recorded. Without such a register, people could
pledge their organs many times over. Can't have that, can we?
With houses, we have the Land Registry. Also with houses, lenders
require borrowers to insure them against risk of damage. What would
they do in the case of organs? How do you insure against wilful
destruction by the owner (e.g. of the liver by immoderate throughput
of alcohol)?
What did people do to keep tulip bulbs safe?
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