tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post7160195150994869059..comments2024-02-29T01:43:23.900-05:00Comments on Women's Bioethics Blog: BIRTHLinda MacDonald Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378544626277000243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post-54621227978930271332008-06-20T23:18:00.000-04:002008-06-20T23:18:00.000-04:00This is terrible, but thank you for posting it. I ...This is terrible, but thank you for posting it. I had signed the petition when I first read about it and was shocked that it had happened.<BR/><BR/>What troubles me is the end point you added about Gregor Schneider. As someone who watched her mother gradually die over many, many months in person, and who has also see Bodies: The Exhibition, there is a difference in the appreciation of life after and during death. His idea of watching someone in their last days is unimaginative, you can go to a hospice center and do this. It is not someplace that most people visit unless they have to, and even then it doesn't always make for an enjoyable experience. I suppose I'll have to wait until he finds a patron to fully understand, but, most importantly, to see if others find this particular art interesting enough to pay a fee to watch. What will that say...Kristi Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788040236153863990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post-51595477027622549502008-06-14T20:53:00.000-04:002008-06-14T20:53:00.000-04:00This just makes me furious and despair about man's...This just makes me furious and despair about man's inhumanity towards sentient beings -- it a violation of human dignity to act with such cruelty, comparable to abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib; it is a violation of our (human) moral obligation of stewardship towards the living beings on this planet; it is a violation of basic tenants of every spiritual or humanistic or religious belief system that I am aware of -- I cannot fathom how curators allowed this and how the public walked around this 'exhibit' without thinking twice or protesting or feeling some sense of outrage and empathy. <BR/><BR/>I am grateful that we live in country where such an action would be considered criminal; and it is a sad reminder that other places in the world have yet realize that in an interconnected world, such behavior affects us all. <BR/><BR/>I agree Em -- we should all stand up and say "NO! This is unacceptable and intolerable!"Linda MacDonald Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378544626277000243noreply@blogger.com