Cannibals Apologize for Eating a man

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Posted by Yoepus on Nov-14-2003 22:25:

Cannibals Apologize for Eating a man

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...nibal_apology_5

Or if you can, view the reuters video on it with a nice punchline: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=1055

So what do you all think? Should people not eat people?

I mean if we eat animals, what's the harm?

Posted by Konijn on Nov-15-2003 00:17:

fijian cannibals can apologize for eating missionaries but the american government has yet to issue a formal apology for slavery--just something that crossed my mind...

cannibalism is actually one of the rare near-universal taboos that crosses virtually every ethnic and cultural boundary--hence our antipathy toward missionary burgers...

Posted by Psionic on Nov-15-2003 00:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Konijn Island
fijian cannibals can apologize for eating missionaries but the american government has yet to issue a formal apology for slavery--just something that crossed my mind...

cannibalism is actually one of the rare near-universal taboos that crosses virtually every ethnic and cultural boundary--hence our antipathy toward missionary burgers...

Posted by Episteme on Nov-15-2003 01:05:

chompin on others is a no-no

Well, I think you can write this one off for health reasons alone, and avoid any ethical discussions.

Remember Mad Cow disease? Don't feed cow to cow. From the HHS, "There is strong evidence and general agreement that the outbreak was amplified by feeding rendered bovine meat-and-bone meal to young calves."

And as far as the ethics are concerned, it shouldn't be surprising that conventions were borne that frowned upon such behavior. It is in no one's interest to be in that environment when there are clear and easy alternatives.

Posted by Dmatrox on Nov-15-2003 05:11:

it was 136 years ago, ffs get over it

Posted by Renegade on Nov-15-2003 06:09:

Being eaten used to be a great honour in some cultures. In some parts of PNG, for instance, up until quite recently (i.e. the past few decades) when tribal chiefs died they were immediately roasted and fed to the community, so that they may live on inside the citizens, the theory being, I guess, that if you eat someone who is great and good that that greatness and goodness is passed onto you.

Wierd, but, up until recently, not uncommon.

Posted by NeoPhono on Nov-15-2003 06:14:

Well...you guys can all eat me.

Posted by daffodil on Nov-15-2003 06:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Konijn Island
fijian cannibals can apologize for eating missionaries but the american government has yet to issue a formal apology for slavery--just something that crossed my mind...

i don't feel the urge to apologize for something that occurred in america while my ancestors were starving in ireland. personal opinon, of course. didn't clinton offer a formal apology?

Posted by Konijn on Nov-15-2003 21:57:

quote:
Originally posted by daffodil
i don't feel the urge to apologize for something that occurred in america while my ancestors were starving in ireland. personal opinon, of course. didn't clinton offer a formal apology?

it wasn't a formal apology (i.e. one accompanied by formal legislative proceedings and maybe the erection of a museum or something) --just a lot of Clintonian lip-biting and yeoman empathy

oh, and just because my ancestors were herding goats on some greek mountainside during slavery doesn't mean that i don't continually experience the seen and unseen benefits of a racially ordered society...

Posted by Yoepus on Nov-16-2003 08:31:

damn this thread had such great humor potential. I'm really ashamed with you guys, where are the smart asses I've come to learn and love??

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Nov-16-2003 11:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Yoepus
damn this thread had such great humor potential. I'm really ashamed with you guys, where are the smart asses I've come to learn and love??

Hehe, I really liked the reason why the missionary guy was put to death. He touched the tribal chief's head.

Posted by ProDiGaL on Nov-16-2003 22:40:

i heard human tastes like chicken, but i have my doubts, arent we red meat??

Posted by squirrelly on Nov-16-2003 22:48:

"I'm sorry Mr (insert name here), I didn't mean to eat your great great great granddaughter! I was hungry and McDonald's wasn't around yet!"

Posted by Renegade on Nov-17-2003 04:43:

quote:
Originally posted by ProDiGaL
i heard human tastes like chicken, but i have my doubts, arent we red meat??

It's actually meant to taste more like pig meat (so pork or ham).

Yummy.

Posted by Yoepus on Nov-17-2003 05:16:

Just one more reason to eat man and find out!

yum yum

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Nov-17-2003 09:42:

Yeah, I'd say we taste like pork too. From all the animals we usually eat, the most similar ones to us would be pigs, so I guess that we have similar muscle structure too. Pork is good. I wanna eat some humans now.

Posted by occrider on Nov-17-2003 15:49:

quote:
Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0
Yeah, I'd say we taste like pork too. From all the animals we usually eat, the most similar ones to us would be pigs, so I guess that we have similar muscle structure too. Pork is good. I wanna eat some humans now.

Well what about baby humans? Do you think they taste differentely from adult humans? Kind of like how veal tastes differentely from cow ... also why does veal look differentely from regular beef? It looks more like chicken ...

Back on topic, I wonder what the ideal human would be for consumption. Like, it would suck to eat athletes since they'd be all tough. And then all the fatasses would contain too much fat/lard ... perhaps one of us should look into this ...

Posted by Izzy on Nov-17-2003 20:34:

... i'm getting kind of hungry...

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Nov-17-2003 22:29:

I'd say pre-teens would be most tasty...