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In April 2011, 17 year old Wang Shangkunsold a kidney to buy an iPhone. When asked why he did this, the man said “Why do I need a second kidney? One is enough,”.
The man subsequently developed complications and now needs regular dialysis to survive. The complications may have been caused by a lack of post operative care. The doctors involved have been arrested.
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Teen Bedridden for Life after Selling Kidney for an iPhone
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(Score: 2) by richtopia on Sunday January 20 2019, @06:53PM (1 child)
I wonder how the story would have played out if the operation was not botched.
We do need to keep in mind that both he and the doctors are criminals for participating in the organ trade (I'm actually not sure if he is... not a layer). Commercial sales of organs is still a major discussion point, particularly when it comes to kidneys as you only need one to live. I personally support keeping all commercial organ trades illegal, but I understand it is a very complex issue. Most other comments on this article is insulting this guy for a stupid decision, so I want to highlight that the decision he made is a complex one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_trade [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 20 2019, @07:04PM
His logic is sound? Let's consider that for a moment. In view of the fact that he went behind his parent's back, he apparently knew that his parents would never approve. Any sort of decent logic would make it obvious that parents would consider the deal too risky, and/or inadequately compensated. He chose to sneak around behind his parent's back, apparently knowing there were risks. He took those risks, despite available superior wisdom.
This is no different from the son who gets shitfaced, then drives the family car under a tractor trailer - with or without a bunch of buddies in the car with him. The kid is injured badly, possibly maimed for life, maybe even dead, dead, dead. Each of his friends who decided to ride with him run the same risks, of course.
Logic says, "I may get away with this, but there are most certainly risks involved. It's probably not worth it."
The fact is, kids don't use logic very often, when they are getting into trouble. In this case, TFA says the boy wanted to show off to his friends. No logic, or very poor logic.