Cannibalism - Would you or wouldn't you?

[badreligion]

Today on the History Channel, they had a program which covered documented cases of cannibalism throughout history.

This, of course, spawned conversation and speculation here at the house.

We agreed that killing a person just to eat their flesh is just creepy and wrong, however, if a person was put into a situation where survival depended on eating the flesh of a person or person's who had already died (such as the case of the stranded soccer players in the Andes), this would be acceptable.

The way I look at it is this... after I am dead, I have no use for my body. On my drivers license, it clearly states that I am an organ donor. If I am willing to donate parts of my body so that others may live or have a better quality of life, what is the difference between that and donating meat so that others may survive?

Meat is meat and food is food regardless of what form it comes in.

So... If you were put into a situation where there was no other food... no other option... would you eat the flesh of another person to keep yourself alive?

Hannibal Lecter had no problem with it ... he was quite cultrued lol

 

[shark]

Today seemed to be Cannibal Day on the History Channel.

If you want to survive badly enough, you'll do what you have to. You wouldn't be the first in modern times to resort to cannibalism, the air crash survivors in the Andes coming to mind.

It does bring a new meaning to the phrase "eat me".....

 

[steph]

Nope. Sorry.

Not for me. Better to die being the kind of person I can live with, even after I'm dead of starvation. 😀
XOXO

So... If you were put into a situation where there was no other food... no other option... would you eat the flesh of another person to keep yourself alive?

 

[BLUE_THUNDER]

while it wouldnt be my first choice, i suppose if its death or human stew i would prefer the latter......if i happen to go flatline and others are starving around me, i say have at it..........but if there is any justice in the universe, i would come back as a zombie and exact some payback.............very interesting thread.......

 

[unclebill]

Not for me. Better to die being the kind of person I can live with, even after I'm dead of starvation. 😀
XOXO

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......I`m sure you would be delicious, my dear.

 

[paracarl44]

Only as the last resort.

I remember a made for TV Movie about the Andes Plane Crash before the History Channel came on the air. I remember someone saying the the human body needs protein to survive. Now they had plenty of snow to melt for drinking water but they had eaten all the food aboard and candy bars.

 

[aurora5150]

By our wager, it'll be the tastiest, yep!





Think of it like this: I know you may not like peas, but it only differs from human flesh by a syllable. Phonically, eating "people" is just like eating a "pea" with a "pull" at the end. 🙂 And if you're starving to death, I'd be pulling for you. Wouldn't you be pulling for yourself? 😀

Mind over matter, babe. 😉

true. i guess in a desperate situation you never know what you're capable of. and now that i think of it i'd probably not prefer someone who died and then we eat them. i think the meat would be worse cuz of possible decomposition depending on how long the person was dead. and oh my god i can't believe i've gone from hell no to i'll do it if it was a fresh kill instead of someone who died naturally.

 

[ImSmokin1RU]

Interesting Topic!!!

Human, the OTHER white meat!

If there was nothing else around, and like aurora said, the meat was fresh, I imagine I'd have a mouthful or two.

I wonder which cuts are the best?