Exploitation of the Dead for profit continues
I saw that with the 20/20 interivew on ABC, that attendance at the Bodies exhibit has picked up steam. It reminds me of the movie that recently came out starring Diane Lane, where a person was hooked up on a drug and a website, and when someone logged on, it sped up the person’s death. There is no doubt that human beings have a strange response to the dead. On the one hand we want to hide it and on the other we want to put it on display. It is kind of like people who slow down when there is a terrible wreck to see the damage, or those who watch surgical operations on TV. Human Gore seems to thrill some people.
As a society based on a market economy, if death sells, people are going to be putting it out there, even if they use the word educational to cover it up. It s clear that the most important motive is profit. It is also clear that any publicity is good publicity for this group. The only way to shut things like this down is to stop talking about it and stop going. When it no longer pays, the vendors will find something or someone else to exploit for a profit. Hopefully some of the people who walk through there will remember that these are real human beings, and say a prayer that they find peace in their souls, even if their bodies were turned into sideshow attractions.
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