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1.) It doesn't have to be believable, nor was it particularly trying to be.
2.) Nor does it need to correspond to any particular time or place, though there's an obvious inclination to make it do so.
3.) Where it fails, to my way of thinking, is that as a morality piece, it's not particularly compelling or convincing. If the goal is to make us think about medical ethics, it's way too late. Had this been written at the beginning of the transplant era, it would have more excuse. But we've already settled this. And certainly, anyone beyond their formative years has already decided how they feel about organ farming if they've bothered to think about it (or much of anything.)
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