Grimly fascinating reading over at Wired, where there’s one of those infografficky-mashup articles about the international trade in illicitly-obtained human organs and body parts. Even when we’ve reached a point when we can reliably print off spare parts for our meat-machines, the ol’ global wealth gap pretty much ensures that there’ll be a cheaper option overseas if you’ve got the right contacts. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “unbranded spares from China”, doesn’t it?
3 thoughts on “International longpig meatmarket”
Comments are closed.
Michael Marshall Smith, your Boy Scouts’ Prophecy and Divination badge is in the post…
Is there some hot restaurant I am unaware of? This foody wants to know who shops at the longpig meatmarket!
Darren: yet more evidence that I need to read MMS, and soon.
Dave: have you ever read Transmetropolitan? Longpig is a restaurant franchise… 🙂