Now here's heroic !

[vetran]

I remember it coming up and there were a few civil liberties types who made a fuss but it wasn't widely made public.

Strange I thought it was well advertised (well a few times a day on LBC) and celebrated the change, it was in my opinion a good choice between apathy and actual need.

[Gibbon]

As a recipient, I can tell you that, for me at least, the fact it was a freely given gift makes all the difference. There is some angst that some family somewhere are grieving. Even with the notional opted in, a family can still refuse. It just makes them easier to persuade if the deceased hasn't opted out.