Lena Fokina嬰兒瑜伽 - 真的或假貨？

Baby Yoga with Lena Fokina - Fake Or Real?
Lena Fokina嬰兒瑜伽 - 真的或假貨？
西元2011年01月07日


俄羅斯嬰兒擺動視頻之謎
The mystery of the Russian baby swinging video
A harrowing clip of a woman throwing around her toddler goes viral -- and the Internet explodes with speculation Video
一條使人折磨的剪輯變得廣泛流傳，一個女人在將她的孩子拋來拋去 - 和互聯網爆炸著投機視頻
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Friday, Jan 7, 2011 15:25 ET

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Oh my God, that cannot be real. Can it? But what if it is? Better watch it again. Oh my God.

When a clip called "Baby Yoga With Lena Fokina" featuring a lithe Russian blonde vigorously swinging around a tiny infant for an excruciating five and a half minutes surfaced earlier this week, the Internet promptly went agog. Suddenly the smoking toddler thing doesn't seem so bad, now, does it?

Because of the combination of our general societal aversion to child abuse in the form of baby swinging and the ease with which a video can be faked, the clip has provoked an inevitable array of differing -- and strong -- reactions. YouTuber comments have ranged from "This woman needs to have her life ended immediately and her children taken away" to "This has to be faked, I can't accept this being real." The Daily Mail pondered, "Is it genuine?" while ParentDish moaned, "We hope it's fake."

There are certainly cases to be made for both authenticity and simulation. On the one hand, a little savvy manipulation can make it seem like a man is rocketing into a kiddie pool -- or even swinging around a helpless toddler.

On the other hand, there are certainly places in the world where babies are not treated like tiny, incredibly fragile life forms. In 2009, the Associated Press reported on a harrowing ceremony involving tossing infants into a sheet -- from the roof of a mosque. Closer to home, two years ago a Georgia teen was arrested after posting a video of "how to make a baby fly" by launching the child off an inflatable pillow like a catapult. And if you want to see a Russian circus dad swinging around a real -- albeit older -- baby, that is out there.
http://www.salon.com/life/going_viral/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/01/07/baby_swinging_video_nightmare