The dead on display in Florida

Ligeia · Post by **Ligeia** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:42 pm

Don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but I had to.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050819/od_ ... NlYwM3NTc-

Asher · Post by **Asher** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:45 pm

man..i love how all the cool shit goes to that city once i leave it. -grumps-

Silent Huntress · Post by **Silent Huntress** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:02 pm

I saw portions of the exhibit in Chicago at the Museum of Science and Industry. Kicked ass. There was one body that had been cut into slices vertically and it actually stretched out about 25 feet. One of the coolest things I've seen. It was not gross or disrespectful, but rather educational and quite interesting.

I've seen articles about the exhibits in different cities and the public reaction to it. The people that are raising the most hell about it are elected officials and we know they are not the cream of the crop when it comes to intelligence.

People "vote" on what they want in their town or city by either going to these exhibits or staying away. When will elected officials finally realize that they don't need to protect us from everything? Let the public make it's own decisions about what they want to see or not see and keep the government out of it. We have become a nation of victims, afraid to offend anyone.

Fuck political correctness!

Sorry, I'll hop off my soapbox now.

elasticwings · Post by **elasticwings** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:11 pm

"Board members were concerned it would not show the proper respect for the bodies"

And one day, people will realize that a dead body is mass and not a living thing that will have its feelings hurt because people see it in a display. Seriously, I could care less what happens to my body after I die. It's not like I'll be needing it. I'll probably go with cremation, donation, or whatever the cheapest means to dispose of my useless corpse so that the people I left behind don't get suckered into shelling out tons of money for headstones or any of that stuff. Hell, I think respecting the living is where governments and the population in general should be focusing on.

Tampa_Nights · Post by **Tampa_Nights** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:31 pm

It was fantastic, much better to see this in person in 3d than looking at images on the net. When you're in front of these models, you do begin to feel somewhat self concious. I began massaging my muscles and flesh just as a reflex. No, not that muscle.

Unfortunately, cameras were not allowed.

This red tape board in Gainesville who turned down the request does not have any enforcement powers, so legal action against the museum is unlikely. And even if they did take things into court, they would lose, because this state firmly believes in free reign for tourism commerce.

Asher · Post by **Asher** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:58 am

Tampa_Nights wrote: No, not that muscle.

bahahaha..

nice to see another Tampon on the board.. I'm from Temple Terrace..then Lutz for a bit before i hauled all the way up here.

rec|use · Post by **rec|use** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:18 am

i used to live in hyde park , then moved about 2 blocks away from ybor

now i live in atlanta

i dunno tampa's not all that i don't think
i like it here more

that's a rad exhibit though
wish i could have seen it

Asher · Post by **Asher** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:06 pm

tampa was better back in the day but..neh..im old anyway.

-drags my rocker onto the porch and stares at the mountains..drools on myself-

BlackDeathCigarettes · Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:17 pm

I guess Im going to Florida!

Tampa_Nights · Post by **Tampa_Nights** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:57 pm

Asher wrote:
Tampa_Nights wrote: No, not that muscle.

bahahaha..

nice to see another Tampon on the board.. I'm from Temple Terrace..then Lutz for a bit before i hauled all the way up here.

I'm in St. Pete.

Love Florida, but I have had freakish bad luck from the day I got here.

How does the Castle (the hassle, lol) compare to the clubs in Knox? They opened a nice new place in Ybor called Czars, if you ever visit Tampa again you may wanna pay it a visit.