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One of my friends is a pathologist, and he had a whole bin of these plasticized organs at his house one day (he was making a presentation that weekend). I held a brain, a kidney, a liver and a heart (human, of course). Very gross, and very cool.

There's a really good joke about Ace and Karol's show in here somewhere, but it's not coming to me.

plasticized organ - isn't that just another way of saying DILDO?

See what can happen when you donate your body to science kids? I would think the liberals would be screaming about this process, cuz you know plastic's not biodegradable

Is it unethical to recycle a human body?

My guess is that there are some necrophiliacs with plastic fetishes that are very 'happy' right now.

I'll also bet that these corpses are taken straight out of California. Aren't most women already mostly plastic there anyway?

Pipe Organ at a Funeral

necrophelia
is a condition in which
a stiff makes you stiff

I much prefer the 100 naked women. When I was a ladm, all we had were cheap tinotypes and nickelodean type devices where the pictures were all of a roll and you had to crank them, but the good thing was if you really liked a scene you play it over and over. But to us it was scandalous!

Frozen Treats

Saw it in Berlin
Hearts still as cherry blossoms
There's a horse schlong too

old fool - use of the word crank is most appropriate.

And I'd like to add to all of Ace's readers that the lot of you are deranged, twisted, and highly entertaining freaks. Cheers!

The 72 NAKED VIRGINS are much prettier than the 100 German women. We frolic and gambol in Allah's paradise, heh, heh! Who would want 100 dour old German bimbos, especially in a place like Valhalla?

These bodies were donated to science. Instead of disected for research and education they were transformed into an art form to display the truely amazing human body. In a time of gore and horror flicks at an all time high in popularity, I find it ironic the digust generated by this art. It just reflects the immaturity and superficiality of our society as a whole. There is a metaphor in this debate. Think about it. I would donate my cadaver for this project.

VIRGINS
From Valhalla: Ve haf seen you VRIGINS and a sorrier sight never graced paradise. Your mustaches and beards are hideous und ve happen to know that not all of you are virgins, either. The few of you that are virgins average 300 lbs., 300 pounders in Arabian dancing girl outfits? What are you thinking? Und ve love Valhalla despite the rain, sleet, und snow, for ve get to fight eternally and if you don't shut up vill come over and kick some virgin tail!

Were any of those corpses a certain radio show?

If my arteries are going to be hardened, it's going to be the fun way - with lots of bacon and Krispy Kremes.

Dead bodies, zombies, et al in film are different from the real thing. It's fantasy. In this case, the transition from fantasy to reality is difficult. They don't mix well.

I don't know that it has anything to do with immaturity or superficiality. Maybe the 'disgust' isn't so much with the educational aspect as it is with the way it is being presented?

To me its disheartening that fantasy is easier to accept than the science. Is it better to see photographs or a tasteful presentation of the real McCoy? Why should the transition be so difficult is my question. There is no blood and violence in this art. This may be reaching as an example, but lets use National Geographic for example. We look at a pride of lions killing and feasting on a water buffalo in the magazine and are facinated and admiring of the photography in an art form. But if you were on a safari and observed the same with your own eyes, would you be repulsed? To me I would have a greater respect for the harsh reality of nature just as I feel I would have a greater respect for the human body after seeing this art show. I think the presentation is very tasteful and mind opening personally.

Brought on by the "plasticized organ" remark:

Overheard one day while out on the pavement smoking, two young women, one quite distressed due to her breakup with her young man. She'd been detailing their argument to her friend, then sort-of wailed, "And then he said I used him like a protoplasmic dildo!"

Call me an old fashioned, straight laced old geezer, but I find the exhibitionist aspect of this the most disturbing. Also to respond to one of the commenters here who compared this exhibit to photos of animals devouring their prey in National Geographic magazine, all I have to say is there's a difference between human beings and animals. It has to do with being created in G-d's image. On the other hand, I can understand the comparison if you view humans as nothing more than sophisticated animals.

Dianna
My brother once said the same thing to a girlfriend playing on her sympathy to get some more. Apparently this guy thought the "you're just using me" line still seems to mean something to women. Don't worry, the protoplasmic dildo will get over it.

Humans are wired to set themselves apart from other animals. Seeing big cats kill a water buffalo is 'natural.' Seeing them kill a human would not be. As long as you are able to keep from thinking of the buffalo's fear and pain, you can view the scene as a normal thing. When we see dead humans, being human ourselves, the feeling and nature of death hits much closer to home, so to speak.

People see horror flicks, squirm in their seats, scream, cringe, etc. but when they walk out of the theatre, they know no one really died or was hurt.

When people actually see a display of a skinned human, they immediately 'feel' the process. At least that's how I view it.

Then there's the whole 'the human body is a sacred temple' thing, which I understand.

Maybe if tastefully done this will catch on. It's going to take some 'hardening,' so to speak : )

Call me an old fashioned, straight laced old geezer, but I find the exhibitionist aspect of this the most disturbing.

That was my first reaction too. But afterthought says "so what is wrong with it?" Rationally speaking, nothing. I guess that's where the rub is. I wonder what the church says about it all?

I think the difference in the two point of views is quite possibly as simply as you put it, compos. The body being viewed as a temple. I personally feel once I am dead my body is no longer of use... ashes to ashes, dust to dust. My spirit has left and the shell is empty. I have no problem with the idea of being cremated where as some people find the idea horrifying. Not to say there shouldn't be enormous respect for anybody's remains. Then again I dont view a donated body as desecration if thats what the individual wanted. I actually have huge respect for those individuals who left their remains for science.

Science as Art, quite the controversial topic for certain.

Hypothetical quesion - What if you attend one of these presentations and you recognize one of the 'models' as someone you had sex with?

What if you see the person and say, "Holy Hell! That's Bob!!"

And before the women can chime in, let's just get the "Well there he is, stiff at last" comment out of the way.

My friend had the opportunity to see both the German [original] exhibit and later the Chinese knock-off. She pronounced the German one fascinating. Respectful of both the human body in itself and the particular [voluntary] subjects.

Her response to the chinese exhibit differed; a poorly done process and a niggling doubt that the subjects of the process were voluntary.

She pronounced the German one fascinating. Respectful of both the human body in itself and the particular [voluntary] subjects.

Nice hooters, eh?

pooters - Nice hooters, eh?

You are an ingoramous! Leave it to you to find the lowest common thing to say about these pieces of art.

OK, nice cooters too!

Do touring plastinated cadavers get to vote straight-ticket Democrat in multiple precincts?

yes. repeatedly.