"JEM" (jem)
08/25/2015 at 12:54 • Filed to: indycar
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"JEM" (jem)
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Despite losing his life after a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , Justin Wilson is living up to his reputation as a wonderful human being.
On Tuesday, Wilson’s brother Stefan tweeted out that by donating Justin’s organs, the fallen driver helped save six lives.
“With #giftoflife @Justin_Wilson saved 6 lives today,” Stefan tweeted. “He just keeps setting the bar higher. Keep Julia & the girls in your prayers #myherojw.”
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Try to keep all the feels in...
Jcarr
> JEM
08/25/2015 at 12:58 |
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Azrek
> JEM
08/25/2015 at 12:58 |
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A gentleman to the end...Goodbye Justin. You were the easiest person to spot in the Paddock with your giant frame and one of the nicest.
$kaycog
> JEM
08/25/2015 at 13:02 |
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That is awesome.
Jonathan Harper
> JEM
08/25/2015 at 13:03 |
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Damn. So sad, holding back feels at my desk.
GTI Sprinks
> JEM
08/25/2015 at 13:04 |
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I hope this converts at least one person who was on the fence about donating organs to checking the box on their DMV applications.
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> GTI Sprinks
08/25/2015 at 13:05 |
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Yeah, it makes no sense not to check the box. What good are my organs to me if I am dead?
I Like Corollas
> JEM
08/25/2015 at 13:09 |
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True hero.
EL_ULY
> JEM
08/25/2015 at 13:09 |
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holy feels dude!
Sam
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/25/2015 at 13:20 |
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Probably something to do with fundamental Christians or some other religions.
Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> JEM
08/25/2015 at 13:55 |
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I honestly don't understand why more people don't donate their organs. If I'm dead, I certainly won't be using them anymore. This is the same reason I plan on donating my body to science after the organs are harvested. If I can help at least one person it seems rather selfish not to do it.
SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
> JEM
08/25/2015 at 13:57 |
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Respect for the Wilson family. Mad respect
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SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
> GTI Sprinks
08/25/2015 at 13:58 |
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I ride a motorcycle. People joke we’re organ donors. I’m fully prepared to donate my organs if I’m mortally wounded...
That box was checked the day I got my license
S2Konstantin
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/25/2015 at 13:58 |
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The fear is “what if someone more important than me currently needs an organ and I’m in critical care...”
jariten1781
> Sam
08/25/2015 at 14:02 |
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Nah, some folks have legitimate issues with the criteria for brain death, persistent vegetative state, cardiac death after removal from a respirator, etc. and how they were established (ie that the criteria were established, not in a vacuum, but with the desire to increase the organ pool as an input). It’s the same line of reasoning that some people use to oppose the death penalty if their opposition hinges on ‘not executing the innocent’ (humans are fallible, consequence is permanent, potential for corruption, etc.). Doesn’t move the needle for me, I'm a donor, but I can see how people would have legitimate concerns checking the box.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> S2Konstantin
08/25/2015 at 14:21 |
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I am pretty sure hospitals are not that corrupt
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S62B50daily
> S2Konstantin
08/25/2015 at 14:31 |
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My reply to this is: If somebody is willing to kill you to give your organs to a more important person, a checkbox won’t stop them from doing so
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JEM
> SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
08/25/2015 at 18:21 |
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Also a motorcycle rider, also an organ donor.
Actually today on the drive home I was thinking of putting an “organ donor” sticker on my helmet.
orcim
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/26/2015 at 03:04 |
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Uhm, have you checked out how for profit organizations behave in the face of pressure? Maybe not. You also might be young. I used to be young, too.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> orcim
08/26/2015 at 08:27 |
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Yeah, it is kinda silly how hospitals are for profit and such. I might be naïve to think that hospitals wouldn’t be that corrupt but it also seems like tin-foil hat conspiracy level stuff to think that they are going to harvest my organs. And in that regard, I could see them doing that then regardless of whether I authorize it as an organ donor.
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orcim
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/26/2015 at 08:42 |
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Organ harvesting, no, I wouldn’t assume that. Procedures you don’t actually need, yeah. I remember when we were going to have a baby and were looking at C-section stats in various hospitals. The private ones all had 20%+ while the self-insured Kaiser system had a 12% rate.
C-Sections cost a lot more than regular births. Kind of a natural law thing going on there.