tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392161841614588983.post7609471542591356588..comments2011-09-13T10:38:58.909+01:00Comments on Bla bla bla... what?: Random Distribution of GoodsDangleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783150912909826987noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392161841614588983.post-33122082932706404472009-05-06T17:33:00.000+01:002009-05-06T17:33:00.000+01:00True.
But random selection has also been used in ...True. <br />But random selection has also been used in things like choosing conscripts for the army during the US - Vietnam war. I don't really know what the conditions were if you were chosen, but could a conscientious objector have declined? I'm not sure... The organ example is just one of an indivisible good. But with things like the cancer drugs distributed by random post code selection, is it an assumption that cancer is somehow equally distributed around the country? It might be, I don't know, but I just feel that random selection needs to take into account so much more than it seeks to ignore.Dangleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783150912909826987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392161841614588983.post-46241690069804316022009-05-04T17:13:00.000+01:002009-05-04T17:13:00.000+01:00Random selection is fine if all the people who are...Random selection is fine if all the people who are in the lottery need it and deserve it equally. At the moment alcoholics and other addicts are not allowed transplants unless they have proven they are no longer addicts. the people on the list should all be in equal need of the organ too, so if you have a roughly a year to live with medication then you wouldnt be on the list if their were 25 other people who were going to die in the next month if they didn't have the transplant.<br /><br />Like you said, not everyone is going to get what they want but their are definately ways to make the random selection process fairer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com