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Thread #93866   Message #1811146
Posted By: GUEST,Desdemona
16-Aug-06 - 10:05 AM
Thread Name: BS: Plastination: Exhibition of Human Body
Subject: RE: BS: Plastination: Exhibition of Human Body
I wholly agree that donating one's remains (after you're finished with them, that is!) to a place where they can do someone good is an extremely worthy cause, and I'm an organ donor myself. My ethical conflict viz. Plastination stems from what I can't help feeling is the whiff of exploitation inherent in publicly exhibiting the willfully manipulated remains of others for monetary remuneration; it strikes me as sort of like charging admission at a funeral parlour in te name of science, art, education, whatever..

~D