Your best/favorite/most cherished friend/Romantic other/spouse/etc. and you crashed on an island. (I'll just call them friend)
The thing is, there is no food on this island aside from tree wood, or water.
Except for a magical source of water that will turn you into a random animal if you drink it...
On the second day, your friend drinks this water from dehydration, and soon afterwards, you find a source of fresh water that is normal.
When you find your friend, they are a very plump pig.
A week or so goes by, and finally you can no longer stand the hunger pains, and you eat the pig.
A few days later, a rescue party finds you, and saves you.
Question: When you ate your friend, was it cannibalism?
(both yes and no are correct, it's just a matter of perspective.)
The thing is, there is no food on this island aside from tree wood, or water.
Except for a magical source of water that will turn you into a random animal if you drink it...
On the second day, your friend drinks this water from dehydration, and soon afterwards, you find a source of fresh water that is normal.
When you find your friend, they are a very plump pig.
A week or so goes by, and finally you can no longer stand the hunger pains, and you eat the pig.
A few days later, a rescue party finds you, and saves you.
Question: When you ate your friend, was it cannibalism?
(both yes and no are correct, it's just a matter of perspective.)