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Bodies Exhibit
ruyi:
--- Quote from: Sox on 16 Feb 2008, 00:13 ---something that should be fazing us
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i am sorry for the pedantry, i do this only because you are such a good poster. so very good! i just want you to be the best!
öde:
What are you talking about, khar?
Sox:
--- Quote from: ruyi on 16 Feb 2008, 03:31 ---pedantry, compliment
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Thank you Ruyi! It was appreciated.
Emaline:
--- Quote from: Sox on 16 Feb 2008, 00:13 --- I agree with the point made in the second article that it is a 'cheapening' of human life.
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I don't agree with this. I think by seeing all the inside bits, and learning how the body works is great, and makes people actually appreciate their bodies more.
However.....
--- Quote from: Sox on 16 Feb 2008, 00:13 ---A single body, donated with consent by the original owner, is curious enough, but having dozens of bodies on display of questionable origins is something that should be fazing us just a little more than it seems to be.
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I do agree with this. As far as I know, the bodies on display in St. Louis were donated by the owners. Doing this to bodies that were unclaimed/taken without consent/etc is just wrong.
Gurkburk:
Okay folks get ready for some controversy:
Why should it really matter where the bodies are from and if the previous owner consented to be plasticized as long as the person weren't specifically killed for that purpose? What I'm trying to say is that the only reason I can think of that you wouldn't want that done to your body would be some religious notion of it having some connection to the afterlife. Either that or that you have some problem dealing with your own inescapable death and want to leave as much of yourself behind as possible.
I mean there isn't any particurlarly big risk of someone going up to a body at these exhibits and going "OMIGOSH! That's my Georgie's lung!" and as far as I can tell there's no identifying the bodies so there really isn't any damage being done to the survivors other than the lack of body to mourn over.
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