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My husband is slowly falling in love with San Diego
Jeez refried, give my brain back :)— September 24, 2009 12:14 a.m.
My husband is slowly falling in love with San Diego
I find PP to be endlessly self-aggrandizing and narcissistic, as well as completely thoughtless of others, and not especially nonconformist, but appreciate his idea that he is on a learning odyssey--if not his virulent bigoted farting.— September 24, 2009 12:13 a.m.
My husband is slowly falling in love with San Diego
44. Hey jhutt, would you capitalize without a title, proper name or noun? English is capitalized because it is the name of a language. Anthropology is capitalized when it is part of a title: "Anthro 101."— September 24, 2009 12:11 a.m.
My husband is slowly falling in love with San Diego
tiki pretty much covered the rest @#30.— September 23, 2009 11:08 p.m.
My husband is slowly falling in love with San Diego
Can't speak for PP, Fred, but refried is a published writer. Well-intentioned on your part, but a wee bit condescending, no?— September 23, 2009 11:06 p.m.
Home Is Where Cheap Rent Is
Hey fulano, why don't you take all of your displaced and disaffected anger and create your very own blog here: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/create/ Let's see how many readers you can gather up to commiserate with your limited personality and views.— September 23, 2009 8:42 p.m.
Is free stuff always the best?
Happily, there is still enough to bite into here, Fish. "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: aka USSR, Soviet Union. Communist state, somewhere east of France. Enemy of US until the end of time." You're right. The fact that you can see this socialist entity whatever-it's-called from your Alaskan backyard is must-know information for the American encyclopedia-reading public!— September 23, 2009 6:36 p.m.
Letters
To Mike Allen: ...in response to his and author of the original article, Donaldson, in the claim that preserved human bodies in the exhibit "Bodyworlds," for purposes of medical education and display--"plastinates"-- are somehow 'dehumanized.' Of Donaldson's gesture of leaving a wrapped piece of candy before an exhibited plastinate as a religiously motivated gesture to stand in for a ritual of burial, Allen writes: "I applaud the author’s humanity, because after all, he really was a man." Yes, the plastinate in question was a man; a man who chose to donate his body for medicine and education, and who likely belonged to a burgeoning club of people who have put their names on a list waiting to be plastinated and displayed, or dissected for the benefit of medical study. Why not respect this man's final wish, rather than push your religious or knee-jerk humanist values on him, now that he can no longer speak for himself? Mr. Allen, and Ms. Donaldson have clearly not taken any time to research anything about this exhibit, or they'd be raising a hue and cry about a different matter altogether: Gunther von Hagens used to have a lab in China, where he was accused of accepting or purchasing, knowingly or unknowingly, the bodies of Chinese dissidents for plastination. I do not know for certain if this was not the case, but have found no evidence to support it whatsoever, besides a few suggestive articles written for sensational value, and a brief skirmish in the press with his former student, who started his own exhibit, called "Bodies: The Exhibition." I do know, again, that there is a very enthusiastic following of would-be donors who are more than willing bequeath their bodies to von Hagens’ students; in light of this fact, that remains might be accepted under dishonorable or criminal circumstances makes little sense. Should those rumors be completely untrue, then there are many more complex social and ethical issues we should be exploring here, including how exhibits of plastinated bodies mark a fascinating shift in social conceptions of the meaning of death, the ritual of burial, and the rights of the individual to dispose of him or herself in a safe, and even educational manner. Unfortunately, Ms. Donaldson’s article will be of use only as a reactionary opinion, rather than a thoughtful journalistic treatment of this subject, and Mr. Allen’s response adds nothing to it at all. Let's be curious and question social phenomena with some intelligence, rather than immediately push our religious values or personal, unquestioned humanist ideas on others' very personal decisions about what to do with their own remains. At the least, honor the final wish of these dead, and learn--or at least allow others to learn--from their generous gifts to society.— September 23, 2009 5:46 p.m.
I like how she thanks us, just for looking...
Pike! You bin told! Clearly, you've never been IN a Love Sac. :)— September 23, 2009 1:53 p.m.
Response to: Kissing Cousins (errr, mothers) and Interracial Dating
russl: You should have a music column. :)— September 23, 2009 1:21 p.m.