No-one should be an organ donor in the event of their death

People usually believe that giving others and themselves more freedom to make choices is not only a good thing but the right thing to do. However, just because a person"s body or their money belongs to them, does not mean we should ask for their consent i.e. accept that people should do whatever they want. People should think how their actions affect others as well as themself. A good example to understand my point above is terrorism, if we believe that people should do whatever they want with their money and we drop some laws, people would give in to ransoms, and terrorists would continue to target people and hold them hostage because there is money to be made. Obviously people should not do whatever they want with their money, as lives would be put at risk. When someone signs the organ donation register they will think they are saving lives, and thus doing a great thing because that"s what adverts say. The fact they can donate organs after they die reinforces a belief that it is their body and thus their choice. The only reason I can think of why anyone would sign such a register is to gain respect from others, if I told someone I took my name off the register they would probably think I am selfish or think less of me. Clearly people don"t need their body parts when they die, and organ transplants have saved many lives, but striving to save lives is a low goal, it probably destroys more lives. There are people who have signed for particular organs to be donated but not other organs, and those organs which they specifically did not want to be donated have actually been donated by mistake [1]. A mistake like that is simply pushed under the rug like it was nothing that mattered, my source says that the important thing to remember is that people should not be put off, and continue donating their organs to save lives. WHAT IS THE POINT when donating organs in the event of your death devalues your life and everybody else"s life???? When people should donate their organs, mistakes like this are made. If you are still not convinced that signing a register to donate your organs devalues your life and other people"s, imagine this: you don"t need a transplant yourself but are going to die unless you are helped, a surgeon has a choice, they can decide to not do their best to save your life, because you"ve signed the register they can use your organs to save a few other people who need transplants, the other option is they can do their best to save your live but then cause three other people to die who are desperately waiting for a transplant. What do you think the surgeon should do? Should he be put in that position? How can someone who abuses their organs e.g. by drinking too much, who then gets a transplant and then abuses the organs again possibly appreciate life? The message people get from the adverts to get people to donate organs is that they can do whatever they want with their body because somebody else will give them a transplant, someone nice, who is dead and doesn"t need their organs anymore. Are people going to respect the dead? This basically why people should not donate organs in the event they die I look forward to my opponent"s response, and any comments Sources: [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk...