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From: abc@BRL.ARPA (Brint Cooper)
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Subject: Donative Intent
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Date: Mon, 29-Sep-86 15:51:04 EDT
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	Unless the definition of "cannibalism" taught in law school is
different from the "dictionary definition," assuming donative intent
seems quite a bit removed from cannibalism, as the latter has to do with
digestive consumption (eating) of another human being.

	A far more horrific scenario is already coming into play:  the
severe shortage of organs available for transplant requires that
physicians and others on committees decide which patient lives and which
patient dies.

				Brinton Cooper