A controversial public display featuring plastified human mummification has sparked quite a bit of controversy in the United States. This came after ABC's 20/20 aired a report on 02/15/08 regarding...
A controversial public display featuring plastified human mummification has sparked quite a bit of controversy in the United States. This came after ABC's 20/20 aired a report on 02/15/08 regarding the possibility of them being bought off the black market rather than being donated by the families for public display.
Whether or not the plastic mummies displayed in "Bodies: The Exhibition" were processed and are being displayed without consent is under investigation. ABC did, however, show some convincing evidence that the cadavers did not seem to come from an accredited institution. They also showed how a loophole was exploited to get the mummies quickly passed through customs. Judge for yourself.
Kind of reminds me of that old movie, The House of Wax. Kind of creepy to see something like that done in real life, huh? I do wonder why they are all done up in athletic poses, though.
China's government has come under scrutiny for the persecution and alleged torture of falun gung practitioners while citing political dissonance as a reason for it's outlaw in that country. It is also sometimes reported that unidentified bodies are found along some roads in rural parts of the country though I have never really seen the likes of this other than in videos from the usual small bits of middle east war footage that's taken from the ground or after a natural disaster such as a tsunami.
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20/20: oh what garbage for an episode. the truth is this is a revolutionary medical breakthru not only for the profession but anyone wanting to understand and study at any level the amazing body. To view the circulatrory system exhibit alone, allows one a greater insight and acknowlegement of human and mankind. We are all alike in so many ways, far more than our differences.
its so stupid that people are discusted or offented.... buy the bodies exhibit... i mean the bodies there wouldnt be able to be on display if the people themselves had not given their bodies TO SCIENCE in the first place... if you dont like then dont go and dont support it. IT is GREAT for people to go and learn. it is the same thing as taking pictures of dead bodies AND body parts and putting them in books. ure still gonna have to BUY the book to read it and u are still looking at a dead person
it is scary to think these are all healthy bodied people and where are they coming from? i dont like that part...some communist prison base? being sold like a piece of furniture? yeah, i have a problem with that...but i would see possibilities for art with willing and paid participants...money going to dearly departeds family.
Glaring factual error: The poker playing trio and the body on the horse are from the German exhibit called Body Worlds, in which all of the bodies were donated for the purpose by the people in question when they were still alive. Except maybe the horse.
Just because China has a record of human rights abuses DOES NOT mean that the bodies were political prisoners. Coming from a nation of billions of people, the odds would dictate that it is highly UNLIKELY thats who they were.
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the truth is this is a revolutionary medical breakthru not only for the profession but anyone wanting to understand and study at any level the amazing body. To view the circulatrory system exhibit alone, allows one a greater insight and acknowlegement of human and mankind.
We are all alike in so many ways, far more than our differences.
And a Rabbi in the US has the authority to speak on ethical matters concerning Chinese people how exactly?
He is simply using these bodies to further his own objectives, but in a way that is as reprehensible as he makes the exhibition out to be.
I went to see it last week. It is truly amazing.
The poker playing trio and the body on the horse are from the German exhibit called Body Worlds, in which all of the bodies were donated for the purpose by the people in question when they were still alive. Except maybe the horse.
Just because China has a record of human rights abuses DOES NOT mean that the bodies were political prisoners. Coming from a nation of billions of people, the odds would dictate that it is highly UNLIKELY thats who they were.