15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It!

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🗓️ 29 December 2010

⏱️ 26 minutes

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What happens when the most disturbing ideas are also the best?

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0:00.0	Help me 23 year old female.
0:05.7	Healthy 23 year old female.
0:08.7	No smoking, no drinking, no drugs.
0:11.6	No smoking, no drinking, no drugs.
0:14.9	No mental health issues.
0:16.5	No mental health issues.
0:17.9	Interested in becoming an egg donor.
0:19.7	Interested in becoming a kidney donor.
0:23.0	Let me help you start a new life.
0:24.8	Let me help you save your life.
0:27.6	Price? Negotiable.
0:29.0	Price? Negotiable.
0:31.8	One of these one-ads is perfectly legitimate.
0:34.7	The other, make it you thrown in jail.
0:37.1	A young woman selling one of her eggs.
0:39.1	It's an acceptable way to pay for college.
0:42.4	Young woman selling her kidney to raise cash?
0:44.9	Well, that's just...
0:47.9	Repugnant.
0:49.5	Why?
0:50.5	Well, yeah, there are differences.
0:53.0	Harvesting an egg is much easier than harvesting a kidney, and we only have one kidney to spare,
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