is cannibalism wrong

[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 themselves.

It was cows eating cow BRAINS. The proteins in the brain cause certain problems, not the meat. If cows were meat eaters, then eating other cows would probably be fine. Scavenger mammals eat other scavenger mammals, and actually, Humans evolved, most likely, as primarily scavengers. As for human meat, nutritionally, I can imagine no significant difference between most animals, outside of taste, fat content, etc.

Overall, nutritionally, human meat is probably the same as other meats. Except that if something dies of a disease, you may not want to eat the meat, and it detracts from ones ability to show respect for the dead. But strictly speaking, its not exactly immoral. Just hard to justify. But in a survival situation, it is perfectly acceptable.

We have alreayd covered the brain thing on page two.

Natural deaths have a tendency to yield very low quality meat. That's why you slaughter cows before they get old. The older they are the less healthy the meat the more chance you can get sick off it.

Unless the person in general was freshly killed from non illness or age the meat is very likely either very low in nutrients or diseased.

So outside of survival it isn't really possible unless you murder someone.

Old people meat would be either diseased or rotting upon finding them unless of course one suggests sticking all old people in facilities that instantly carve them up on death. Which is kinda horrible. Even then since the meat is old it will be very quick to rot and lower nutritionally even if diced and packed quickly.

 

[voetballeeuw]

I wouldn't recommend it, but if it's necessary to eat someone I don't see a problem.

 

[Xanadu84]

We have alreayd covered the brain thing on page two.

Natural deaths have a tendency to yield very low quality meat. That's why you slaughter cows before they get old. The older they are the less healthy the meat the more chance you can get sick off it.

Unless the person in general was freshly killed from non illness or age the meat is very likely either very low in nutrients or diseased.

So outside of survival it isn't really possible unless you murder someone.

Old people meat would be either diseased or rotting upon finding them unless of course one suggests sticking all old people in facilities that instantly carve them up on death. Which is kinda horrible. Even then since the meat is old it will be very quick to rot and lower nutritionally even if diced and packed quickly.

There are a number of ways to get good quality, non diseased meat without resorting to murder. Pretty much any accidental death, or a murder commited by someone whose not the people who eat the meat. That would still apply in a large number of situations that would easily accommodate this hypothetical. Lets say, for example, an earthquake where the population is suddenly without food, likely because the place the earthquake happened is very poor, and food storage was destroyed. Lots of previously healthy, freshly dead corpses, and a desperate, life threatening need for food.

 

[ww666]

You guys are starting to scare me.

 

[Section Crow]

well naturally i think cannibalism is wrong because that is what i have been brought up to believe

but most people think it's repulsive that's why they reject it, a bit like bugs.

 

[chaos order]

i wouldnt u know just dig up some guy and eat him, but of for some reason he placed in his will or w/e then ya i would

 

[Booze Zombie]

If you want to eat other people, you can never look at yourself without thinking, simply, "food".

That's self-destructive and I would never allow myself to become self-destructive.

 

[teisjm]

Well, when you talk about people who died naturally, a rule of thumb when it comes to meat is to never eat anything that died by itself, so thats the first problem.

 

[Flamezdudes]

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 of course 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?

I'm pretty sure i heard on a program that eating your own species leaves you wanting more but now that you think about it, i think i am wrong. >_>, Sorry.

 

[IxionIndustries]

Sure cannibalism is wrong, but that just makes it all the more delicious.

 

[Drakmorg]

Only in the direst of circumstances. Not because I think it's wrong, but because I'm sure people taste awful and I only would try it if I had to.

Plus it would be pretty fucked up if if turns out I liked the taste of people.

 

[Xyliss]

If they die naturally then there's nothing wrong with it, really. But I would never do it, as I suspect most won't, unless it's my only option

 

[luna_moth]

I dont really have anything against it. I personally wouldn't eat another human (especially if they died naturally) just because of health concerns, but more power to you!

 

[Kagim]

There are a number of ways to get good quality, non diseased meat without resorting to murder. Pretty much any accidental death, or a murder commited by someone whose not the people who eat the meat. That would still apply in a large number of situations that would easily accommodate this hypothetical. Lets say, for example, an earthquake where the population is suddenly without food, likely because the place the earthquake happened is very poor, and food storage was destroyed. Lots of previously healthy, freshly dead corpses, and a desperate, life threatening need for food.

The problem with most of those is either
a) In the case of murder you would be sacrificing evidence for food. The meat would begin to rot and in the time it would take to find and do a full autopsy the meat would likely be mostly carrion. Carrion is not really healthy. You also take away the families final viewing rights.
b) Accidental death falls under the same reason. Unless someone found the accidentally killed quickly the body will quickly begin to rot, attract insect and rats, and face contamination. As well in most cases an accidental death would involve the body bleeding internally. There is a reason why you don't eat deer you run over on the road.
c)Or it would fall under survival, which i have already said is understandable.

 

[tjcross]

it depends on your morals and religion my morals say if it's life or death the it's ok but if not it's wrong and i don't really have a religion other than there is a god and he doesn't really care so no problems there either.(i don't care what anyone believes so don't go trying to convert me)

 

[Rensenhito]

I'm pretty sure that there's actually no nutrition to be gained from eating another human. Don't quote me on that, because I forgot where I heard it, but still.
OT: If you wanna expose yourself to the dangers, and if no one else has a problem, it's your funeral.

 

[SpaceGhostPoncherello]

This thread gave me the idea to start a chain of fast food restaurants. I think I'll call it Hannibal's.


But really, the idea of eating a human being just disgusts me. I'd only do it if i'm trapped in a cave with one other person and I'm starving. And if I happen to have some fava beans and chianti.

 

[demoman_chaos]

Why is eating people so taboo? Humans are animals, and we dine on other animals all the time. Knowingly eating a person wouldn't be overly easy, but unknowingly I bet a lot of people would enjoy how we taste. JJudging by the fact doctors use pigs as human stand-ins, I'd say we taste something like pork.

 

[Dr Snakeman]

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.

This is pretty much what I was going to say. I saw some TV show (I think it was on the Discovery Channel) about cannibalism, and that's what happened: some guys were stranded in a lifeboat, one dude died, and the rest of them ate him to survive. They interviewed a few of the survivors.

It was pretty gruesome stuff; interesting, but gruesome.