Bizarre Baby Born In Nepal

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cdukino

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If it\'s a joke it\'s definatly tasteless and I think it\'s horrid to make publicity out of it like this. (not taking about posting it here so much as the general making public as it was. Though I doubt this belongs on a forum like this)
If it\'s real it\'s tasteless to have this so publically like a freakshow (the bottom picture with I asume the father carrying the dead baby around like that like some sort of entertainment is horrid for me. Sure leaves a bad fealing with me.). This must be one of THE most bad expecting mother nightmares to happen.
 
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bayrodney

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Originally posted by Marmoset
OK... and why are you posting it?
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Well this is General Discussion ain\'t it?
I am just wanting comments from people on the forum about it...
Some people would kill it, although some people strongly view life as something sacred and they wouldn\'t kill it.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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On some of the replies to that news item I\'ve seen, people are taking this as a very poor taste April fools joke.

If it\'s not, then it\'s sad that a human being however different to the \"Norm\" was treated in such a manner.

Differing cultures aside, no human should be paraded around like that.
It brings to mind the treatment of John Merrick. (The Elephant Man).

EDIT: And to be honest I\'m not to sure that bring it up on any forum is so very different to the pictures.
 
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Marmoset

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It was posted on March 29th, posting it on April 1st would have been a better idea... there was really no need to show us that bayrodney, very disheartening.
 
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Ebonbuddha

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Bayrodney.
Its not a bad thing to post this. I think it is something that is different. Nad to avoid it or not want to know it exist is in bad taste. I don\'t think you are treating this like a freak show. you simply asked our opinions about it.

If it isn\'t a joke, I wonder what caused it. Pollution? Drug and alcohol consumptiobn during pregnancy?
 
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Marmoset

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Originally posted by bayrodney
Well this is General Discussion ain\'t it?
I am just wanting comments from people on the forum about it...
Some people would kill it, although some people strongly view life as something sacred and they wouldn\'t kill it.
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Seems to me you are asking us whether we would kill it or not.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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Originally posted by Ebonbuddha
Bayrodney.
Its not a bad thing to post this. I think it is something that is different. Nad to avoid it or not want to know it exist is in bad taste. I don\'t think you are treating this like a freak show. you simply asked our opinions about it.
My opinion is that the poor child didn\'t have a chance at life but that in his death he\'s not being given any dignity by us.
While his own people might have some funary rite that involves him being carried around in that manner, our publicising it doesn\'t raise it or ourselves above the level of a carnival curiosity audience.

If it isn\'t a joke, I wonder what caused it. Pollution? Drug and alcohol consumptiobn during pregnancy?
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It appears to be a form of :
Anencephaly: a congenital birth defect that occurs in approximately one in one thousand pregnancies. It is a neural tube defect, just as is spina bifida. Life expectancy for a baby with anencephaly is just a few hours, sometimes a few days at most.

Similar conditions as this have been referred to as \"Water on the Brain\" a condition which my Mother\'s youngest brother was born with. He died at the age of 3.
 
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NecroN

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Kill it or not, the article was pretty clear on the fact that the baby didn\'t live very long.

For more info on this type of birth defect see here for more info:
http://www.anencephaly.net/

Including debates on whether a mother should have a child that they know will die shortly after birth.
 
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Spacemunkie

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It\'s human nature to rubberneck at stuff like this. The fact that some thought it may be a joke and now have an idea of what caused the defect is surely a good thing. At least we\'ve learned something from it.

I find the trend of aborting/killing female foetus\' in the same region far more offensive.
 
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vincegamer

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I thought it was fake at first. The fact that the baby\'s position never changed had me wondering until I realized it must be dead in the photographs.
Then a google image search for \"anencephaly\" (not recommended unless you have a strong stomach) showed that the appearance is typical of that disorder.
Just more reason to promote adding folic acid to water.

I think that it is terribly disrepsectful to post photographs of a nude infant cadaver for the amusement of others.
 
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Spacemunkie

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So it\'d be ok to post pics of a dead baby with it\'s bits covered up? I have no problem with seeing pictures of this sort of thing as long as people are learning stuff from them.

We\'re all going to miss the end of the world because we\'ll be trying to film it on our phones you know...:D
 
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funnymouth

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dragonsreach is quite correct about this being a neural tube defect.
while this is clearly an extreem case, it is not entirely uncommon even. it can happen anywhere, and does.

there are many possible causes - bult folic acid is a major player in neural tube development. a deficiency could easily result in symptoms like this.
if that photo doesnt convince you ladies to eat veggies while your pregnant i dont know what will....
it can get worse too - fetuses can literally be born with their heads wide open, leaking cerebral fluid (always fatal).

about the post: i dont think that this is inappropriate in any way. seeing images such as this is commonplace in a course on development or medicine. people tend to censor disturbing, yet educational images. IMHO i think this is a major problem; sheltering people from reality (eg. where hamburger comes from or what can happen if you dont take care of yourself while pregnant) doesnt better society in any way.

in regards to morality: i found the parading of the courpse to be a disgusting display of inhumanity. the fathers comment about feeling no remorse was horrible. this being was still a human being, if only for a short time, and deserves our respect.
 
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