is cannibalism wrong

[Mr.Mattress]

Cannibalism is morally wrong and socially wrong. The only time Cannibalism is excusable is when the person is close to dieing and he has the choice of either dieing or eating a corpse of his friend or someone who was there and died. I wouldn't associate with Cannibals.

 

[Terramax]

Wasn't mad cow disease caused by feeding cows cow fat and meat.

I can't imagine the the result would be much different human on human.

Creatures generally are not supposed to eat those of the same species.

Sorry, I had to fix that, as I couldn't help imagining someone eating their own arm.

Anyway, male rats eat babies if I'm not mistaken?

Don't mother spiders let their kids eat em?

I'm sure it would be ok to eat another human so long as you cooked em properly.

And I don't think I'd mind someone eating me after I died (naturally). I think it's a much more natural and resourceful way to go than having my body nailed in a coffin and left to rot 6ft under.

 

[Jark212]

It is wrong, that's how you can get Creutzfeldt?Jakob disease, or human mad cow disease...

And Human flesh tastes horrible, which is why we were never a staple in any predators diet...

 

[SPCF]

Well, I wouldn't consider it wrong if it was a life or death situation...
But as a casual everyday thing... Well, I'd stay away from that person :/
Anyways, I was watching some show and if you ever do have to resort to it, eat the liver first

 

[Kopikatsu]

I don't see why it would be. If I was in a plane crash up in the mountains with no way to contact the outside world, I would eat the corpses in the plane before moving to other food. Why? Because the other food is either sealed, or in a refrigerated box, while the human corpses are just sitting there rotting. Eating them first will help you survive longer...even better if you can make a fire to cook it first.

 

[Miffmoff]

It depends on context I guess, if you kill them and eat them its wrong but, if you're in the desert with no food and he dies from starvation right next to you it would be ok because he died naturally and you're trying to survive

 

[lacktheknack]

Two words: Slippery Slope.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

In terms of taste, a cannibal tribe used to refer to human flesh as longpig, as reputably taste of pork more than anything.

It'd take a lot to make me do it, and I imagine I'd end up throwing up anything I managed to eat, I might manage arms n legs maybe tho.

Stay away from brains tho, they're (*sings* high in cholest-er-ol!* ahem) a source of problems in cannibal circles I believe, disease etc.

I don't remember the name of the tale, but Stephen King wrote a brilliant short story about a surgeon smuggling pure cocaine on a flight, which crashes, and he ends up on an island alone, with just the coke and his iinstruments of surgery, and the tale is all about how much he can cut from his own body to eat and stay both able to operate (in both ways) and stay sane.

 

[Mistermixmaster]

I quite want to taste human, just out of a morbid interest... but it guess it all depends on the context. If you're stuck in the middle of nowhere and there's a body... well, do what you have to do.

I'm sorry but I couldn't help laughing at your post because right after I read it I saw your avatar xD Yes, I have a dumb sence of humor

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OT: OF COURSE! Cannibalism gives you negative karma! Haven't you learned anything from Fallout?! D: (not to mention the amounts of diseases and bacteria involved). Bit if you do choose to eat a human, take the part between the thumb and the index finger, as I've read somewhere that that location has most edible flesh-to-size value or something like that.

 

[DaMan1500]

Not if he expressed at some point in his life that he was okay with it.

 

[MrJohnson]

Wasn't mad cow disease caused by feeding cows cow fat and meat.

I can't imagine the the result would be much different human on human.

Creatures generally are not supposed to eat themselves.

It's the brain bros. When animals of any sort eat brains, it increases the chance of prions being created in the brain, which is what Mad Cow Disease actually is.

 

[William Dickbringer]

ummmmmmm wow the weirdest question of the day

depends on the situation if there was a plane crash in a place with no edible wildlife and there are dead bodies then in a survival situation it alright

on a day to day basis no just no

 

[Mr.Kitetsu]

no
it is not

 

[mayney93]

does human taste like chicken?

 

[Kagim]

Wasn't mad cow disease caused by feeding cows cow fat and meat.

I can't imagine the the result would be much different human on human.

Creatures generally are not supposed to eat those of the same species.

Sorry, I had to fix that, as I couldn't help imagining someone eating their own arm.

Anyway, male rats eat babies if I'm not mistaken?

Don't mother spiders let their kids eat em?

I'm sure it would be ok to eat another human so long as you cooked em properly.

And I don't think I'd mind someone eating me after I died (naturally). I think it's a much more natural and resourceful way to go than having my body nailed in a coffin and left to rot 6ft under.

Spiders are not Mammals.

Male rats kill baby rats, i have never been told they actually do it for the expressed purpose of eating them. The reasons to why are up to debate as well. I have heard from genetic weeding, killing the weak, or slaughtering them due to contests for food seeing as mice and rats in captivity have no naturally occurring food source. Just magical pellets raining from the sky.

In my psych classes as well my teacher told us about theory's surrounding humans eating other humans leads to our minds clicking to a more aggressive state due to the psychological message of "I am eating my own kind, food must be scarce" situation.

The problem is we have seen in animals such as pigs and cows that feeding them there own species can have a negative effect on them.

It's the brain bros. When animals of any sort eat brains, it increases the chance of prions being created in the brain, which is what Mad Cow Disease actually is.

Ahh well nix that. Still. Eating our own kind seems like a slippery slope. Soylent green steep.

 

[MinishArcticFox]

I wouldn't especially want my body to be eaten unless it was a last resort and I personally wouldn't eat a dead human in less I had to (I just find it creepy). But there's no logical reason to have a problem with it so I guess I wouldn't mind but I also wouldn't participate.

 

[A Pious Cultist]

You just ate someone who once had thoughts, hopes, dreams, a family, and they are now dead and inside of you. If that thought doesn't disgust you there is something mentally wrong, period.

You quantify a person as purely their flesh and blood? Ouch.

 

[oktalist]

The way i see it, its wrong to do in any way apart from pure survival and even thats stretching it. For example, if you're stranded in a boat and your friends or crew have died and you have no food, you'd need to eat them to survive. But then ofcourse there is the psychologial problems and that you'll probably keep wanting more.

Lolwut? Where did that come from? You seemed to be making a sensible argument up until then.

EDIT: OT: Also, what about organ donation and blood transfusion?