Hey, it's almost like there's a history of this kind of bullshit fearmongering [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/fetus.asp]. Some fuckin' Yellow Peril shit going on up in here.
Chinese Cannibalism
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Abortion IS a human rights violation. If you accept that abortion is morally acceptable, you're basically saying that younger humans don't have the same rights as slightly older ones. A person's age, location, and level of development shouldn't and can't determine their value.Master of the Skies said:
Rumours of Chinese infant cannibalism have been around a long time. One of the only cases that seems to have any basis in reality is some reported cases of infant cannibalism during the Great Leap Forward famines between 1958-61. I've actually seen a Chinese horror movie using the concept effectively in the context of horror. It is incredibly easy to convince people in the West that the Chinese are partaking in various vile dietary habits because we already think a lot of their real dietary habits are strange.
That said I am still pretty sure this is BS. We can blame Chine for doing a lot of morally suspect things but child cannibalism is still something that shocks them as much as us.
That said I am still pretty sure this is BS. We can blame Chine for doing a lot of morally suspect things but child cannibalism is still something that shocks them as much as us.
If this was real, I don't think I would care, cannabilism has never unsettled me - unless the meat was murdered first, but I don't consider abortion murder either, so there's that.
Probably fake though.
Probably fake though.
Considering they "abort" full term babies, as in they have to physically kill the 9mo baby inside the womb, the Chinese that participate in this horrid practice in anyway are reprehensible. I really don't doubt they're killing 7mo+ babies in the womb to have the babies considered "unborn" so they can sell and/or eat what comes out. Its quite sick that this story brings Cloud Atlas to mind but maybe that degraded future is what is in store for mankind. Pathetic.Master of the Skies said:
"...the Daily Mail revealed..."
Yeah, OP, I hope that you'll understand why some people are incredibly sceptical of this....
Yeah, OP, I hope that you'll understand why some people are incredibly sceptical of this....
Yeah, I thought that too. There's a long history of various baby eating hoaxes across many countries and ethnicities. There was even one in the US during the early 90s during the Satanic panics. If it seems unbelievable, then be skeptical. There was a Korean horror movie about this called Dumplings and it seemed pretty far fetched in that. If Koreans are that horrified to make a movie, why wouldn't the Chinese also be right next door?Chemical Alia said:
I have to question the validity of this article. People, particularly in the West seem to be willing to believe anything when it comes to "news" about China. I suppose it is easier to demonise a people when you don't understand their culture and when their social and political structure does not function in a way palletable to your ideology, but it seems sometimes people loose all perspective.
I am not saying this has never happened and would not go so far as to say that it doesn't happen today in isolated cases, the photo may even be real. However, the idea that this is some widespread practice that happens in secret is a stretch too far for me.
I am not saying this has never happened and would not go so far as to say that it doesn't happen today in isolated cases, the photo may even be real. However, the idea that this is some widespread practice that happens in secret is a stretch too far for me.
I'd argue two things, one that there are many many many humans who I feel don't qualify as concious thinkers, but thats more a flippant attitude.Master of the Skies said:
However, if fetuses aren't actual humans until they breathe on their own (by law) then why is it when a pregnant woman is harmed its a felony, or when someone endangers the welfare of an unborn child by drinking its breaking the law or when a pregnant woman is murdered they can tack on another charge of murder? Fucked up double standards in the law...
And I've got my own views on abortion, which are somewhat middle of the road. I just feel that people need to accept some responsibility for their actions instead of taking the easy way out (short of exigent circumstances). I won't get into a debate here though, because there are times where abortion can be ok in my book. Its not really about morals to me so much as integrity but I digress.
OT: There should never ever be a time where its ok to eat another member of your species. African badgers are one of the most vicious balls of fur, claw and muscle on the planet and I'd never want to tangle with one but I respect them for one reason beyond their capacity for tearing-of-new-assholes, the fact that they won't harm another of their species.
That was the film I was thinking about. It is actually a Hong Kong Chinese movie though rather than a Korean feature. But if you watched it the way I did it was part of a triple feature with a Korean horror movie about a sadistic revenge on a director and a Japanese film about something so horrible I have blotted it from my memories.zelda2fanboy said:
Oh look, blood libel.
Ok, sure, all that stuff about the Jews doing it...yeah, turns out that was flat out wrong. And all those yellow peril stories of yesteryear.
But this time for real, right.
Ok, sure, all that stuff about the Jews doing it...yeah, turns out that was flat out wrong. And all those yellow peril stories of yesteryear.
But this time for real, right.