Our way

"whoever opts out, if he or she ever needs an organ, he or she goes to the bottom of the waiting list. The only alternative is to persuade someone really altruistic to donate to you..."
- National Neuroscience director Associate Prof Lee Wei Ling reminds those who opt out of hota.

"Reminds" was the word used by Today Online on Feb 28. Reminds? "The only alternative"?!? In the context of what had happened, this sounded much more like a threat: "Human Batteires, you are hereby warned - your organs belong to us, you had better not opt out, OR ELSE..."

Throughout your life, you have been "reminded" of many things: You have been "reminded" that if you vote for the opposition, your estate will not be upgraded (with tax payers' money). You have been "reminded" that if you don't vote for the Matrix Masters, the army will step in. You have been "reminded" that if you don't shut up, you will be sued till you lao sai!

In fact, you were issued your first "reminder" when you were merely a little boy or girl - if you refuse to study hard, let the Matrix Masters "remind" you that you will be dumped into certain "caste" at 9 years old (streaming used to be at pri 3) and then again at 12, and then again at 16!

And now, even for your own kidneys and corneas, you are "reminded" that if you do not allow the Matrix Master to do with them as it pleases, you will be put at the bottom of some list!

At some point, enough is enough! Is this not the last straw that breaks the camel's back? Show that you do have some bravery (bravery is said to come from the liver - do you still have a liver, or has it been robbed from you?). Opt out of hota - firstly, spare your family any unnecessary distress. Secondly, show your moral support for the Sim family - if there is enough support, there may be a chance that a formal inquiry is conducted to investigate what really happened. But most importantly, demonstrate that while we agree with the principle of hota, we will never agree with the way sgh abused it and the way the police behaved like gangsters!

Switch: Our way... or the highway.