mr2mk1g 10
Quotewould you recommend it to your relatives?
Yes.
What repulses one is a marvel to another. If you don't like it, don't go.
AndyMan 7
We saw many kids there, who all seemed to enjoy it.
We were not grossed out. We found the subject very approachable.
We were fascinated and intrigued. We both leared a lot.
One would be foolish to avoid it on grounds of "gross". It's amazing.
_Am
You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.
QuoteHe parasitizes the human need to seek for a thrill. He allows people to feast their eyes on mutilated bodies. And people come and WATCH. You should have all went to Thailand and witness the tsunami effects there. It’d be a good lesson too – you could see what water and heat do to dead bodies.
So, you seem to be disturbed by the fact that people want to go see dead bodies that are set up in a very educational and scientific manner, and then you're encouraging people to go to Asia to see the dead bodies from the tsunami because it would be a good lesson? I don't get it.

QuoteVon Hagens says he does it to popularise the knowledge about the way our bodies are built. And i ask, what is the purpose of that? What are you going to do with the very knowledge you’ve possessed?
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Human anatomy is already known. There are detailed descriptions, drawings and photos available. There is no need to skin and cut all those bodies. And if you’re interested in autopsy then why won’t you study medicine and become pathologists?
I, for one, find he human body extremely fascinating, and I'm not looking for a "thrill." If I wanted a good thrill, I'd go for a skydive.

Just because I want to know the "anatomy" of my parachute and rig, and how they all work together, it doesn't mean I want to be rigger by trade. Don't you have curiosity about things outside of your occupation? I'm very sorry if you don't, because that has to be an extremely boring existence.
I've had a series of problems with my shoulder and had surgery about 5 months ago. I've looked at countless fake models, charts, drawings, and anatomy books in my doctor's office and in physical therapy, but I could still never really wrap my head around what was going on in my shoulder. However, when I saw the muscles, nerves, tendons and ligaments all in place on a real body, it gave me a MUCH better understanding about the mechanics of my own body.
There are also several segments of the exhibit that show smokers' lungs, enlarged hearts, ruptured arteries, hernias, joint replacements, the effects of extreme obesity, arthritic bones, and cancers of practically every organ. Just that alone will educate people on what happens when you don't take very good care of yourself.
Maybe with this new found knowledge that people get from the exhibition is RESPECT for the human body, respect for the people who work to fix broken bodies, and ultimately more respect for other humans as a whole. If you've experienced this Body Worlds show (I'm guessing that you haven't since you're so against it), you'd see that underneath the clothes, skin color, body shape, nationality, religion, culture, whatever characteristic that differentiates us from each other, we're all pretty much the same.
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"Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC)
billvon 3,076
>absolutely repulsive is my instilled respect for the dead. Their bodies
> once hosted concsious beings. They were the physical manifestation of
>people who are no more. They deserve to rest in peace.
You might want your body to rest in peace. When I'm gone, if someone can use my body for spare parts, or even teaching people about how their bodies work - have at it. I will have left the building by then anyway.
The only issue I see here is making sure that the bodies he exhibits belonged to people who were OK with this sort of use. If he makes sure of that there are no real moral issues. If you don't like it - don't watch it.
>Von Hagens says he does it to popularise the knowledge about the way
> our bodies are built. And i ask, what is the purpose of that? What are
>you going to do with the very knowledge you’ve possessed? Go and boast
> in front of your friends that you know how an unborn baby in a cut open
> womb looks like?
Right. And all NTSB investigators do investigations just so they can boast about all the dead bodies they've seen.
>Human anatomy is already known. There are detailed descriptions,
> drawings and photos available.
Dissection is a valuable tool for anyone wishing to learn more about how the body works and is put together. I've dissected cadavers; it was fascinating. (A little gross, but fascinating nonetheless.) I think if more people knew what the insides of a fat smoker looked like they'd be a lot less likely to smoke or overeat.
>And if you’re interested in autopsy then why won’t you study medicine
>and become pathologists?
Personally? Because I want to design things, not try to figure out why people die. But I'm also curious about how we work.
Von Hagens says he does it to popularise the knowledge about the way our bodies are built. And i ask, what is the purpose of that? What are you going to do with the very knowledge you’ve possessed? Go and boast in front of your friends that you know how an unborn baby in a cut open womb looks like?
Human anatomy is already known. There are detailed descriptions, drawings and photos available. There is no need to skin and cut all those bodies. And if you’re interested in autopsy then why won’t you study medicine and become pathologists? By the way, when the Body Worlds exhibition was opened for the first time, back in 1997, the Anantomy Association announced that they do not want in any way to be associated with it.
Von Hagens says thousands of people want to donate their bodies and become plastinated exponates after they die. What are you – 5 year olds? The fact he says so means only that he says so. And he wasn’t popular from the day he was born. He had to obtain the bodies somehow for his first exibition. Some of his exponates were shot in the head. This is the way the death sentence is conducted in Chinese prisons. If these bodies belong to the executed prisoners it is possible that those people hadn’t agree to be plastinated after death. In my opinion the person’s wish concerning the way this person is to be buried must be respected.
And as far as donating bodies is concerned; would you recommend it to your relatives? I wonder how would you feel looking at a plastinated exhibit if you knew it was once your mother. Or your tragically killed child.
Skyrad; you say the Siberian homeless are TRASH? Nice statement for a guy who quotes the Bible. Have you ever heard of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin? They had a similar approach :/
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