Cannibalism

Aren't you assuming that starving kids in Africa are cannibalistic? Well, they aren't.

On another note entirely, according to those in the know (and I am not one of them), human flesh tastes like pork. In fact, cannibals refer to humans as "long pig." Just think about that (or, better yet, mention it!!! LOL) the next time everyone is enjoying a nice meal of pork...

 

lol i'm trying to say that people should eat people because its a waist and we should accept the idea of eating people so it would reduce land taken up by dead people and that it could help people still alive

 

Whereas I feel that cannibalism is something that happens in the course of survival, I do not feel that as a practice it will remedy any overall difficulties in life. Many human bodies in the western world, at the time of their death, are full of various kinds of drugs and diseases and are simply not suitable as "good" food.

 

Especially the organs that would be considered a delicacy

The Testicles: Testicular Cancer
Liver: Cirrhosis
Lungs: Emphysema
Heart Disease
Brain: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, or Schizophrenia (chilled human brains)
Skin Cancer (the best part)


Hotwater

 

on a similar note, does anyone eat the deadman?

 

its no different than eating factory farmed meat they are also full of drugs and diseases and people tend to think they are "good" food.

 

Actually factory farmed animals are raised till they are ready for market.
We kill animals for food. To eat a dead human is scavenging. It is different and less desirable than what actually occurs.

 

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Actually not all factory farm animals make it to the slaughter house alive and they still butcher and sell them to consumers.

 

Which led to the expression 'dead meat'


Hotwater

 

If we ate the flesh, then we could make cereal bowls from the skulls! And dildos from the fibulae!

 

You could do that without eating anybody.

 

So? This thread is about eating people.

 

Just flapping my gums but making toys out of bones is not about eating people.

 

No, but it goes with the OP, in thinking of utilitarian uses for the dead.

 

So it does. The law of conservation of energy suggests nothing is wasted.

 

Actually, the law of conservation of matter. Law of conservation of energy is very very similar, but not the same.
I'm going to say first of all, I respect all your opinions.
I could never bring myself to eat another human unless I had to. It is true that according to the law of conservation of matter, nothing is created nor destroyed, so eating the bodies wouldn't necessarily make more room in the world.
But it does help with the starvation issue. Nowadays, the starving countries have many diseases though. And in a place such as Africa, where aids is raging, eating dead bodies would probably just make things worse.
I must note that while I totally see your point of view, the person who originally posted this, because it is very much something that I would think up. You must realize that we are indeed the human race, and eating somebody is just not a pleasant thought. Especially if you find eating something that was previously alive to be gross (like myself), eating someone you know had a family, and thoughts and activities is just a revolting thing. And I know many people agree with me.
Once again, I see where you're coming from, and it's quite noble. It's just.. hard to digest (excuse the play on words, lol)

 

Actually if we did eat humans or use them some other way, then there would be more room in the world because of no cemeteries. It would be easy to test human meat for AIDs and then they could ship it out to Africa or do that within Africa. Animals had a family and thoughts and activities also. It is hard to digest but its like learning about inhumane treatment of animals you don't want to know about it, but it is best if you do.

 

Yeah, I see your point once again. We also wouldn't have to fill the ground with coffins and such. I couldn't eat an animal either because it does have a family and activities, everytime someone offers me a burger or something, I just tihnk of a cow living in it's own feces on a feedlot, and then being harshly transported somewhere, where they just cut it up. Any sort of meat (except fish for some reason, although I still don't eat it) makes me sick. Anyway it's a good prospect (not sure if that's the right word), but I'm not sure it will catch on again. Too many people would put a stop to it. It might work amongst a commune though.

 

I agree, that we should make better use of the dead -- and that cannibalism doesn't sound such a bad solution for the starving (I also think one should be allowed to sell their organs, if they really wish to; and that organ donation should be 'yes' by default)