I hadn't thought much about donating organs, until recently...a friend of mine was shot and killed 7 months ago, and even though he was young, he had his organ donor card on him (here in Canada, or at least Ontario, I believe we get them with our first license?)...anyways, after being murdered "accidentally", my friend saved 5 other people's lives and I'm proud of him. It made me realize how important donating your organs is, and like someone above me said, I obviously won't be needing them anymore when/if that time comes. So why not? less

I didn't know that, as an organ donor, it was up to you to "pick and choose." That seems sort of contradictory to the whole reasoning of being an organ donor. So yes, I am. My dad sort of got upset when I decided it, but I told him, "Someone else will be getting what they need to keep living. If I'm dead, at least let someone else enjoy the world for a bit more time." less

Honey, no one is going to "stalk" you for your organs. They can't take them until you are brain dead. And, in most cases, it may need to be official, on your driver's license or a living will, just telling someone may not be enough for some transplant committees. Actually very FEW people actually qualify for being an organ donor. Basically, if you are young, and healthy and died from a traumatic brain injury that left the rest of your body intact, your family may be approached. (Young males who engage in "Extreme Sports" and bad driving tend to end up being organ donors more than anyone else.)If you die of cancer or other diseases, your organs can't be used (that's one of the reasons so many people die on organ transplant waiting lists, not only are there not enough donors, most people don't die in a manner that would leave the organs intact and healthy.)

Drinking, unless you have actual liver damage, does not disqualify you from donating organs. Either does smoking (for the lungs, it depends.) They examine the organs before they are donated.

I'm a tissue and organ donor. Not the entire body for science thing, but they can take any organ they want. I've seen people on waiting lists die, children, mothers, fathers, good people, who could have lived if they had been able to receive an organ in time. less

Sorry this is incredibly off topic and I didn't click on the link but I wanted to say people who are skinny or underweight are just as sensitive to people making remarks about their weight as the obsese are.

It's a very good way to offend someone even if you weren't trying to be offensive. less