Isn't this a loud mouth of dehumanizing excuses?

Discussion in 'Christianity' started by Anaximenes, Jan 27, 2014.

  1. Anaximenes

    Anaximenes Senior Member

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    I took this off of the Anthropology web site, and he thinks he's so smart punching up the world of gaps which are neither sociable nor blood related. He thinks morals can be rebelled against by their own conscience. He won't understand that he is wrong or right.


    "Every person across the globe should have the right to be respected and to be listened to. It is wrong for the University of Pennsylvania and the National Cancer Society to disrespect the Yanomami people by holding samples of their blood in laboratories. The Yanomami people are a very spiritual group who believe that all parts of the dead need to be fully disposed of ceremoniously for them to pass on to the next life. By keeping the blood of the Yanomami people, their ancestors will not be allowed to pass on to the next world and in Yanomami culture, the spirits of the dead will soon be angered and start to torment and haunt the living. I believe that it is only right for the blood to be returned to the Yanomami. The blood was originally taken from the Yanomami with the promise that it would help scientists find a cure for diseases infecting their culture. This promise was broken; the blood was used for academic research, such as studying migration patterns, instead of finding cures for diseases. Also, the Yanomami people did not know that their blood was going to be kept in a refrigerator for several years to come. Davi Kapenawa of the Yanomami people states that they believed that scientists "would take the blood and then read it and throw it away. That's what the Yanomami thought. That's why they gave the blood". Since the terms were unclear to the Yanomami people, I believe that the Yanomami should be entitled to destroy the remnants of the blood samples. I think that the people who are delaying the return of the blood do not fully comprehend the intense spiritual culture of the Yanomami people since most Westerners are usually 'material' people, rather than 'spiritual'. If I was a member of the University of Pennsylvania or the Cancer Research Foundation, I would strongly urge them to return the blood, not only for the Yanomami's spiritual reasons, but because keeping the blood makes these organizations look selfish in the eyes of the public; to individuals like me who think that it is wrong not to return the blood to the rightful owners. I know that they are not bad people and that these organizations are trying to help humanity overcome harsh diseases and influenzas, but by keeping the samples, they are being very ethnocentric to the Yanomami people. The organizations say that it is harmful to send the blood back to the people; that the blood may have become contaminated, but the Yanomami people only wish to destroy the blood, not use it. So far the blood samples that were medically transferred to Roraima, as requested by the Attorney General, have not caused any disease to the Yanomami or the people who have handled the blood. Many people are probably thinking, "Why should I care?" "How does this affect me?" "Why can they not solve it themselves?" But the Yanomami people live rural lives far away from where their blood is being kept and without public voices from across the nation supporting them, their voices would never be heard and the institutions would probably never send the blood back to them. The Yanomami people have also helped further anthropologists' knowledge by letting them study the Yanomami culture and even letting people take blood samples from them in the first place. I believe that it is time to give back what we owe these people and be their voice. Put yourselves in their shoes for one moment; if you had something precious stolen from you and you knew that it was still being held, wouldn't you want it back? Would you want people to help speak out on your behalf? I know I would. It is important to remember that the Yanomami people are at war with the spiritual world right now and believe that destroying the blood in a religious ceremony will help create a much needed peace. I think that we should respect the Yanomami's cultural beliefs, treat them how we would wish to be treated, and return the blood samples back to the rightful owners."
     
  2. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    I think the body common currency and it cannot be destroyed save unanimous circumstance.
     

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