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.
In this Heinz condiments commercial, aired during the Super Bowl this past year, a group of dachshunds are shown in hot dog costumes running towards humans in Heinz ketchup and mustard costumes who end up catching the dogs as they leap into the humans’ arms and lick their faces. This commercial is a specific appeal to pathos as the dogs are dressed up and are meant to be cute. The phrase at the end of the commercial is “it’s hard to resist great taste” and this is stated while the dogs are licking the humans implying that the dogs like Heinz and that humans should buy it as well because the cute dogs in costumes did.
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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