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Thread ID: 65455 2006-01-18 19:22:00 Amazing Human Body Exhibition pixeldust (6619) PC World Chat
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422275 2006-01-19 18:57:00 Just adding, that at least in the case of BodyWorlds (en.wikipedia.org):


Von Hagens has repeatedly been accused of having use bodies from deceased who did not give consent, such as prison inmates and hospital patients from Kyrgyzstan and executed prisoners from China. He maintains that all bodies exhibited in Body Worlds come from donors who gave informed consent. A commission set up by the California Science Center in Los Angeles in 2004 confirmed these claims.
pixeldust (6619)
422276 2006-01-19 19:23:00 So when is it coming to NZ? And what cities? Anyone got a linky for the NZ exhibition? FoxyMX (5)
422277 2006-01-19 19:29:00 People who're fascinated by this sort of stuff are showing an early symptom of necrophilia. Utterly gross.

And of course it's questionable where they get authority from to display cadavers like this. I find it hard to believe the dead persons gave their permission before they died.
What absolute drivel. Necrophilia-We want to see how our bodies look and work not do unmentionable things.
And the doco I watched -there were lots of people interviewed - he had tons of people queueing up to donate themselves after their deaths. Some people don't have a problem with furthering our education.

Why not? When you're dead you are gone, its just soon to be decaying meat.

You sound like all those old time people who said it was a bad thing for women to know exactly what goes on during pregnancy. Mustn't view anything to do with the workings of the body....

When I die, so long as my corpse is intact I am donating it to Med School for student practice.
Why fill the ground up with meat when you could be useful even after you aren't here. And I'm sure I want my doctors to be very familiar with the insides of bodies...
pctek (84)
422278 2006-01-19 19:40:00 So when is it coming to NZ? And what cities? Anyone got a linky for the NZ exhibition?

Looks like it'll be in Australia for a few months before coming here, probably around August/September. At this stage it'll probably be exhibited in Auckland, though Wellington is likely too (Te Papa, no doubt). There is nothing official at this stage about dates or anything like that, so I wouldn't expect any further info on the NZ exhibition for at least a couple of months. That'll give it a while for the critics to cool down and back off, too.

And pctek, I agree completely. Absolutel drivel.
pixeldust (6619)
422279 2006-01-19 20:09:00 At this stage it'll probably be exhibited in Auckland, though Wellington is likely too (Te Papa, no doubt) .


Auckland Museum and Te Papa say they do not want to host it . Auckland Museum spokesman James Dexter said it was a "freak" show . "I think we would find it problematic from a voyeuristic and cultural point of view . "

. stuff . co . nz/stuff/0,2106,3546238a10,00 . html" target="_blank">www . stuff . co . nz

Bit ridiculous calling it a freak show :rolleyes:
ninja (1671)
422280 2006-01-19 20:39:00 Heh, Ive seen the inside of me thanks to getting a large part of my chest being torn open, Utterly amazing to look into the wound and see all the little bits and piece working away and beating along with my heart.

It hurt a tad as well.


Muhahahhahahaha.
Metla (12)
422281 2006-01-19 22:36:00 Heh, Ive seen the inside of me thanks to getting a large part of my chest being torn open, .
what happened??
pctek (84)
422282 2006-01-19 22:46:00 Heh, Ive seen the inside of me thanks to getting a large part of my chest being torn open, Utterly amazing to look into the wound and see all the little bits and piece working away and beating along with my heart.

It hurt a tad as well.


Muhahahhahahaha.

So the customer finally got their refund then ... :thumbs:
gibler (49)
422283 2006-01-19 22:56:00 what happened??


I upset someone who just happened to have 2 17" knives on him.
Metla (12)
422284 2006-01-19 23:01:00 So the customer finally got their refund then ... :thumbs:

:D :D :D

and a free set of steak knives.
Shortcircuit (1666)
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