Re: "...Organ donor cards..."
Recently, an acquaintance was attempting to persuade me to check "organ donor" on my driver's license application.
I told him no...something about the whole idea of "first come first serve" with my guts seemed wrong.
He cajoled and cajoled; finally telling me that the local Orthodox Rabbi insisted that Jews must do this to help humanity.
I didn't buy it.
Then, six months later, my friend was broadsided on the 110 by a hit-and-run illegal Mexican alien who was apparently DUI.
Badly injured, and knocked completely unconscious, he forced himself to regain his senses, because he heard Latino accented whispering and the sounds of his car glove compartment being opened.
In terrible pain, and unable to open his eyes, he heard the Hispanic cop say "Leesten!"..."Hees eyes r mine, man!"..."chyu' unnerstand, man?"..."mine!"
The other cop pulled his wristwatch off his arm, saying "No man!"...No man!"...Doze eyes feeefty dollars eeach, man!"..."One of dem's mine man!"...Eyes good money, man!"...and he then started to gouge out the eyes of the incapacitated driver, looking all around to make sure no other motorists could see what he was doing.
My friend knew he had to make a valiant effort if he wanted to remain alive and in one piece, so he forced himself to start murmering "...I'm not dead"..."I'm not dead"..."I'm alive"..."I'm alive"..."Can't you hear me?"..."Please!"....
The first cop snarled back at him "Chyu worth a' lot more money, dead, man!"..."Chyu eyes gon' make me good money, man!"..."Chyu jes' think dat' chyu alive!"..."I keeeel you!"...
The driver blacked out as the cop's gloved hands throttled his throat.
The last thing he remembers before the Hwy Patrol arrived with an ambulance and rescued him, was the cop's Latino accent screaming over and over "Die, gringo!"..."Die!"... as he strangled him in hopes to gouge his eyes out and sell them to local hospital deep freeze.
After a brief investigation, both of the Hispanic cops were fully reinstated--the police commission determined "Both officers reacted to the injured driver in a correct and proper manner."