From:	Sheldon Rose <scrose@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Giving blood in 205X: common or rare?
Date:	Wed, 20 May 1998 10:38:39 -0500

Danyel N Woods wrote:
>
> Having submitted to the Red Cross and their needles last Thursday for
> the public good (and it didn't hurt a bit!), I was paging through Aztlan
> and met the Blood Magic section, which got me thinking.
>
> In our modern world, giving blood is no big deal; as long as there's no
> risk of infection or you're not a haemophiliac, it's not a danger. In
> Shadowrun, though, a blood sample can be used for ritual sendings, blood
> magic, and lots of other creative nastiness. Given this, would people
> would actually give blood (whether to a corporate or public
> health-provider)? What would it say about those people? What sort of
> psychological/sociological issues would this produce - e.g., would it
> become a litmus test, like abortion/affirmative action/gun-control?

IMO it would for the reasons that you have stated. Then again the corp
wage slaves might even be required to take part in the blood drive.
While the above can and would be done with some portion of the donation
what better way to make sure the employees are loyal. Synth/cloned
plasma will put the stick for money shops out of business. If you don't
know what those are just ask any broke student how to make a couple of
extra bucks.