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"Bizarre baby born in Nepal"
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katie ta achoo said:If it were real, the skin would look totally different, and the eyes probably wouldn't be open like that.
I already knew of this birth defect. It's sickening that anyone would think to fake this. What incentive would they have??
Some of the pictures on the University of Utah site that leftbanke7 mentioned have babies with similar skin complexion and eyes that are open like that. Therefore, there is still potential for the validity of this article. Real or fake, it's disturbing.
Regarding the father's comments, I also tend to agree with leftbanke7 on that one. I don't think he was being heartless. You can't tell me that all of you wouldn't be at least a little glad that the baby didn't survive if it had a condition like that. I think I would be a little glad/relieved, not only because of my own heartache, but because the child wouldn't suffer either. Another thing to note is that the way people view things and express things in that part of the world is different than most places in the West. Something that may sound totally heartless and mean here could sound completely reasonable and normal there. We have to take his words (if they are true) with a grain of salt, and take into account the cultural differences.
Counterfit said:In the second picture? C'mon iGary, you of all people around here should understand perspective.
In both photos. And yes, I thought the same thing, Counterfit. Gary should understand why it's totally possible that the baby looks so large (ie: half the size) compared to the adults in the background.
And since this could very well be real, I say lets not call it a fake just yet. There's too much of a tendency for people to just call it a fake just because they never heard of such a disorder. A friend of mine called "flesh eating disease" fake when he first saw photos of someone who had it when we were like 16 years old or so. Stupid kid.......it was in like Time magazine or one of the major major publications.
Oblivious said:Holy crap! It looks like a frog, or some other amphibian.
CubaTBird said:
It's YODA!
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floriflee said:
Yeah somwhere between posting the Yoda comment, and re-reading the article, I have managed to feel pretty horrible.
I think it's real. I saw a special on anencephaly (spelling?) and all of the babies looked liked that. Pretty strange, though.
Agreed, and while I'm sure the posters didn't mean anything offensive, if this is a true story - and the associated links imply that it very well could be - this is an infant that died of a terrible defect shortly after birth. Anyone who has ever had children would not see that as a source of humor, and as someone who not only has children but whose brother died at the age of 2 due to complications during surgery to correct issues due to spina bifida, I see nothing funny about this.floriflee said:
It's not clear to me that video exists (assuming the story is valid), and no major network would cover a story of this type that has just a few pictures. Regardless, I doubt they expect this would sit well with the average viewer.CubaTBird said:
CubaTBird said:
Why would they cover it? It's not news.
Anencephaly is a congenital birth defect which occurs in 0.5 to 1 of every 1000 live births. Not all of these would present as severely abnormal as this one but many would. The only difference in this case is that it occurred in Nepal and for whatever reasons was treated as a news story by Nepalese media.
Parents who have had to suffer through such an experience would not want their child to be treated as an exhibit.
jsw said:
I would have to agree with this. I know I had to take a couple of deep breaths before I clicked the link to the U of U site. The news gives ample warning about seeing a picture of a person with animal bites. I don't think that any news station could possibly warn their viewers enough for the shock that seeing this could/would cause.
CubaTBird said:
The various news programs cannot possibly cover EVERYTHING in the entire world in their news program. They have to use their discretion, and as has already been posted by others, it may be too graphic for us and it is not really newsworthy (at least at the international level). It also makes sense because they don't air news stories about every other defect out there either.
iamhammill said:
Yeah, anencephaly is really sad and gross, but you haven't seen anything like a harlequin baby. Trust me, you don't want to see it. After learning about these disorders, I am a little apprehensive to father children.