Do you like your kidney? If not in New Delhi there has been an uprising in the black market for kidneys. There is an article on CNN about a gang, made up of 5 people, who are convincing the poor to give their kidneys for a small amount. They are luring them in, then taking them to a very prestigious private hospital and extracting the kidney and selling it on the black market for a large amount of money. The police have conducted raids in two Indian cities, in an attempt to catch members of the gang. They arrested five of the gang members, and two doctors. There are ways you can use rhetoric to manipulate people and take advantage of them. This gang is offering small amounts of money to people that need it. They are being tricked into an illegal scam with not much benefit for them. The risk factor is very high; they not only are doing something illegal but the procedure itself is very dangerous. A Nephrectomy takes very skilled surgeons to make sure the surgery is done correctly and will not have negative affect on the body. The way the gang is using the appeal to emotion to offer money to people that can’t really refuse it, because they need the money to live in India. They used rhetoric in an effective way, because they are appealing to things people need. But I do not believe that this was right for them to do. They messed with people and brought them into a scam which is never good.
While browsing on Google I found an old advertisement. The ad was for Lustre-Crème Shampoo. It featured Marilyn Monroe, known for her beauteous looks and her parts in different movies. One of her movies was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Lustre-Crème was attempting to sell their shampoo through the use of fallacies. By saying that Marilyn Monroe that tells you nothing about the actual product: it simply attracts you to the pretty face in the picture. Using this as an argument of why someone should buy your product is quite illogical. Just because Marilyn Monroe uses it doesn’t provide assurance of its abilities. They attempt using snob appeal by trying to make the audience believe that they could be like Marilyn Monroe if they use the same product as her. They use appeal to illegitimate authority by using Marilyn Monroe to promote their product. Although she herself is a customer, this is still rather irrelevant. She herself has no type of expertise in hair products and knows nothing that
It really is a tragedy that this happens in our world today still. Good article though.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great article, but it is kind of strange and crazy that this happens.
ReplyDeleteYou really have to be careful of what advertisements you give in to.
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I personally think that two separate markets for organs is better than the waiting list system that is employed now. I do understand that people in very bad situations have been taken advantage of by gangs in India and that should no longer be allowed to happen.
ReplyDeleteI've seen many jokes made about how people are able to sell their kidneys for around 250,000 dollars. It is very sad to see people being tricked into being paid very little for something so valuable. This is extremely saddening, but it is a very common thing in the medical community, even here in the US. People realize that they are able to take advantage of others because they have the product that others need to survive.
ReplyDeleteIt is very unfortunate that this is happening in our world today. People should have the dignity to make money the honest way instead of taking advantage of others poverty and need for money. People need to be more and more careful with what it is they are buying into anymore because you never know what it could be.
ReplyDeleteIt is very sad to read about how desperate people are and how easy it is to make a profit through certain avenues. Rhetoric definitely plays a big part of this, especially when you do not have your guards high.
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