All About Cannibalism
For my research paper I am writing about cannibalism. What I need from you is basically your opinions on the subject. Or answers from already formed questions of mine. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. And I will quote and cite you if I put you in my paper.
1.Would you eat a human if it was legally offered to you(cooked and seasoned to your liking)?
2.Do you think that ritualistic cannibalism existed in some cultures, hundreds of years ago or even today?
3.Could you eat someone if your life depended on it?
4.Do you think it is legal if someone willing sacrificed themselves for another to eat them?
5.Why is cannibalism wrong? If the person is already dead, of natural causes, isn't it just a waste to burn or bury potential food that in our day and age with millions of starving individuals and high food prices?
6.How is taking communion not considered cannibalism?
7.Is there a difference between eating a human or eating any other mammal?
8.What do you think of when you first hear the word cannibal?
Please tell me what you think, it would help me out a lot.
Well, I already did 2 research papers on it. The first one I had to prove that cannibalism has happened in the past and such. My second paper was the con and how cannibalism is just a myth and that is there is no proof that people have engaged in it. My third one now is suppose to be like the "interview" paper where I ask other people their knowledge/opinion on the subject. Yeah, I know my question are shit, sorry about that. I just am really tired of the subject and picked the first couple that came to me.
Also, thank you for responding.
Why is there no quote option for the first post?
1.Would you eat a human if it was legally offered to you(cooked and seasoned to your liking)?
No, only because I have no interest in eating a human.
Yes
Probably/definitely. "Any coyote will tell you a couple of bites beats the hell out of being dead."
Probably restricted by state law.
It's morally questionable because it requires the consumer to place what once was a human on level with a product. It's a disrespect of a human body on a very physical level.
Though the catoholics contend that the wafer and wine physically become flesh and blood, they remain wafer and wine, and are symbols at best.
Depends upon one's own moral view, of what is human and what is animal. I like eating animals, they're nom. Animals lack the free will and consciousness in my mind to qualify as possessive of rights, though I do respect their life, but will eat em when given the chance.
The musical! I love Parker and Stone's stuff. Idk, cannibals eat people, weird.
I didn't mind doing this. There's sort of an unofficial policy of the cult to not do people's homework for them if they're just here to use us for such, but this was interesting, thanks for stimulating brainwave activity.
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They aren't shit, now I know you did 2 research projects I feel like a tit! It was just the way they were phrased, and I thought if you wanted longer answers, that made people discuss things a bit, then ask people more about morals and stuff.
As far as the question about eating other mammals goes, I'd say it was related to intelligence, because we wouldn't eat dolphins or monkeys en masse, because we're aware of their intelligence and stuff.
Sorry! I didn't mean to sound so patronising, I think I missed the point a bit.
1.Would you eat a human if it was legally offered to you(cooked and seasoned to your liking)?
I've always wondered what the appeal of human brains was, ever since watching Hannibal, so perhaps.
I have no idea.
Yes.
Could I think of a circumstance where that is legal? Yes. If I was trapped in the arctic with another person, and there was only a bag of chips, and he said, "you eat it all, and when I die please eat my body to keep yourself alive", then I believe it would be legal to do so.
I believe that there's an increased risk of spreading disease that way, so it's probably not the best idea. Also for the same reason, not such a good idea to eat primates. If I recall correctly, a theory is that's how AIDS spread to humans, through a human eating an ape of some kind.
It's symbolic cannibalism, but not actual cannibalism.
If we put the issue of killing aside, and assume we're talking about humans and non-human animals who died of natural causes, then I think the issue is primarily cultural.
If we include the killing, most people separate humans from non-human animals based on humans' superior minds, but consider if we have a human who is very mentally disabled and does not have the cognitive capacities of a normal chimpanzee. So what? Does that mean that the disabled human matters less in a moral sense than the chimpanzee?
Probably hearing stories about people trapped in the arctic and not having enough food.
As far as the question about eating other mammals goes, I'd say it was related to intelligence, because we wouldn't eat dolphins or monkeys en masse, because we're aware of their intelligence and stuff.
Sorry! I didn't mean to sound so patronising, I think I missed the point a bit.
No worries, I didn't think you sounded patronizing at all. I was happy you had some criticism, it gave me a perspective of someone grading me, which is nice considering it will be graded.
1.Would you eat a human if it was legally offered to you(cooked and seasoned to your liking)?
Absolutely.
Sure do.
Yeah. But not raw. Id have to cook it a little first.
I think there were two guys who did that in Germany. Hes still on trial... but for assisted euthanasia.
I read somewhere once that a person who ate the remains of a man he found wasnt charged with anything. He was just found mentally unstable. Im not sure if there are any real laws on it... but I dont think there were in the time/place that took place. I dont think its wrong. I dont know how I would feel though if someone found my mothers corpse and started eating it. But maybe that not knowing just means I wouldnt really mind? I mean... shes dead.
Because... believing something false is true doesnt make it true.
A human is an animal. I think the whole problem with cannibalism comes from people thinking that life is infinite- even after youre dead. That you'll be remembered and whatnot. The difference is like the difference between a vegetarian/vegan and an omnivorous person- its just a choice.
Babies taste like fish.
Cannibalism is an interesting subject to me. Its taboo and... I dunno. Im open to pretty much anything. I hear the heel of the hand is the most tender part of the body and that blacks are sweeter than whites.
I need to research cannibals more for a novel idea I have. And early Scottish history while I'm at it. Who wants to help?!
1.Would you eat a human if it was legally offered to you(cooked and seasoned to your liking)?
Nope. Too much risk of disease.
2.Do you think that ritualistic cannibalism existed in some cultures, hundreds of years ago or even today?
Isn't this proven in recorded history? Like even on video today?
3.Could you eat someone if your life depended on it?
Of course.
4.Do you think it is legal if someone willing sacrificed themselves for another to eat them?
I think the question should read "do you think it SHOULD be legal"...sure, why not? I think suicide should be legal too.
5.Why is cannibalism wrong? If the person is already dead, of natural causes, isn't it just a waste to burn or bury potential food that in our day and age with millions of starving individuals and high food prices?
You shouldn't load moral judgments into your questions...
6.How is taking communion not considered cannibalism?
It depends on your religious beliefs.
7.Is there a difference between eating a human or eating any other mammal?
Probably not. if they're alive while being eaten, I'd think the noises would be pretty different.
8.What do you think of when you first hear the word cannibal?
Someone who eats human flesh.
1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Probably. But, as TheJudasCow said, not raw.
4. I believe it depends. Still, if the person willingly gave up their body for others' dinner, why not?
5. It's wrong because it shows complete lack of consideration to what a person means, regardless of the fact that the person is dead. When alive, he or she were basically on the same level with the eater. It would feel rather... ruthless.
6. It's just a metaphor.
7. There are different ways to look at it. On the one hand, it may be exactly the same because both humans and other mammals are dead. they are nothing but meat, therefore eatable. On the other hand, bearing in mind that, when alive, a person and any other mammal were situated at 180 degrees from each other, it may be harder to eat a person than a cow, for example.
8. extremely hungry and broke med students who are boiling thighs and making soup.
Cannibalism is, in my view, an extreme measure which I hope I never get to apply. I agree that, basically, it's just like eating any kind of meat, except it comes from your next door neighbor, and it smells worse when you cook it.
You're just jealous 'cause the little voices only talk to me.
If you proved the existence of cannibalism in your first paper doesn't that make your second paper redundant? How you can argue for the idea of cannibalism being an elaborate cultural hoax if you've already proven its existence with paper one?
It was August you posted your q's hence why I chose not to answer them. If you still need answers to this questionaire I will of course help and submit some answers.
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat. "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
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Wow, sorry I missed this one. I recently read the The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex . It had some disturbing real life examples of your questions 3&4.
It would have been nice if the dude thanked the people who answered his questions, or got back to us in some way. Sheesh.
1.Would you eat a human if it was legally offered to you(cooked and seasoned to your liking)?
Sure. As long as I had absolutely no idea it was human meat.
Yep. There are so many different cultures with so many different gods worshipped that (if it hasn't already been proven), logically, it probably happened.
Absolutely. I think the survival instinct beats the social/moral instict when it comes down to it.
I'm sure it's illegal in the states. Now, moral is another question.
Taking religion and social morality out of it, it's not wrong. We think it's wrong because, as a society, we've decided it's wrong. Whether because of distinct religious beliefs or because of that 'ick' feeling, our culture made it taboo.
I'm not Catholic, so I don't really know the whole ritual's ins and outs, but it's a physical representation of the body of Christ. Not his actual body. So who knows...
Again, taking the social and religious ramifications out of it, then no. No difference. But since we're capable of reasoning, and animals aren't, animals don't seem as bad. But don't tell PETA I said that.
Honestly, I think of a project I did in the third grade on Hannibal. But outside of that, I think of the cannibalism scene in Titus Andronicus.
1.Would you eat a human if it was legally offered to you(cooked and seasoned to your liking)?
No, because it would be too hard for me to get past the fact it was a person, and what that person died of, or how they were killed.
2.Do you think that ritualistic cannibalism existed in some cultures, hundreds of years ago or even today?
Yes, isn't there evidence of quite a few tribes who indulged in ritualistic cannibalism? I remember seeing old silent footage of tribal men who had gone mad from eating the brains of other tribe members, kicking themselves the way cows with mad cow disease do. The tribe in question ate certain members of the tribe who died as a mark of respect.
3.Could you eat someone if your life depended on it?
If they had already died, if everyone else was doing it, or if I was on my own, then probably, yes.
4.Do you think it is legal if someone willing sacrificed themselves for another to eat them?
It's definitely not legal. That happened already and they got in a lot of trouble.
5.Why is cannibalism wrong? If the person is already dead, of natural causes, isn't it just a waste to burn or bury potential food that in our day and age with millions of starving individuals and high food prices?
Because it drives people mad, like the mad cows, it isn't GOOD for you.
6.How is taking communion not considered cannibalism?
Because the bread is a symbol of the body of Christ. It's bread! It's a metaphor!
7.Is there a difference between eating a human or eating any other mammal?
Yes, of course there is.
8.What do you think of when you first hear the word cannibal?
I think of that film Alive and about the real life stuff that went with it.
Please tell me what you think, it would help me out a lot.
Truth be told, kitten, I think if you want to do a research project on cannibalism your questions are going to have to be a whole lot better. What exactly are you trying to research about cannibalism? If I were you I'd start studying some tribe stuff fast, and look at the effects cannibalism has on people's health and stuff.
I'd try and steer well clear of daft questions about whether eating a human being is different to eating a cow, because as much as I believe in the whole 'every life is a life and everything is equal' thing (I just read Straw Dogs, I do believe that) humans eating humans is just plain unhealthy. We're all riddled. Whenever animals (proper ones, not spiders and that) eat their own, they always end up getting horrible diseases and going mentally ill.
Plus, Jeffrey Dahmer said he tried eating a person once and it was really really tough and he couldn't eat two bites. Which is all I needed to hear to convince me it wasn't worth it. I remember some other person, maybe one of guys in that plane crash, said human tastes like pork, and I don't like pork.
What about when people eat placenta, do you consider that a form of cannibalism?
It seems to me that any cannbalism is generally done in honor of a person - mad people want the person to be a part of them, tribes as a form of that too. Unless it's out of desperation, in which case I think I would certainly chow down, if it would guarantee me life.
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