Cannibalism

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Tabasco sauce is far too harsh for the delicate flavour of baby flesh.

I recommend serving it in cutlets on a bed of rice pilaf with a nice, light, tomato and olive-oil sauce.

Sure, If you're going hi-brow; sauteed with shallots and capers and glazed with a white wine reduction is very, very nice too.

But there's little in this world that can't be improved by Tabasco.

[KrazyHorse]

Philistine

[mrmitchell]

Times getting rough in China eh?

[Arrian]

Gotta do something useful with all those unwanted female children...

-Arrian

[Sandman]

Cannibalism seems to be taboo, but there is no reason for this.

It erodes trust and cooperation. A cannibal is always going to be less willing to help others, since they benefit from deaths.

[alva]

Babies and small children are probably okay though.

Taste of chicken, sir!


There's also the saying: "so cute, I could eat it[baby]".
Why is that then, hey?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
Times getting rough in China eh?

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Similar to the way you are fond of a choice slab of steak?

Cute, UR, cute. Now, if I actually ate steak more than two or three times a year ... actually, I eat more skinned chicken and fish than anything else. And don't go reminding me how cooked human flesh tastes like chicken! There are some things one learns from PBS specials that needn't ever be mentioned again!

Gatekeeper

[Kidlicious]

Re: Cannibalism

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
The only thing I can think of is cannibalism reminds a person of his own mortality. Or perhaps some kind of deep-seated wish of "remaining whole" after you are dead, even though you know this is not going to happen. We will all end up as bug food.

What do you think?

If some people wish to be eaten by the bugs instead I guess there's a moral argument to defend. As for me, I wouldn't care if people ate me if there was nothing else.

[Zkribbler]

Wasn't it Monty Python who did the bit with the sailors in the lifeboat.

Sailor 1: I'm not long for this world, mates. I've got this gammy leg. When I'm gone, I want you to...to eat me.

Sailor 2: What?! With a gammy leg?!?

Sailor 1: There's plenty of other good meat. Look at that arm there.

Sailor 2: But, if it's all the same to you, sir, I'd rather eat Hoskins.

Sailor 3: Me too, sir.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Winston
-What's the matter with Johnson, sir?
-Well, he's not kosher.
-That depends on how we kill him, sir.
-Yes, that's true. But to be perfectly frank I...I like my meat a little more lean. I'd rather eat Hodges.
-Oh well, all right.
-I still prefer Johnson.
-I wish you'd all stop bickering and eat me.

I have seen quite a few Monty Python quotes around here recently

[jdd2007]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Yeah, other than prion diseases and a much larger array of human-infectious diseases than any other meat source...

A graduate of my high school discovered Prions and got a Nobel for it.

[Winston]

Ok, but was he as smart as KH?

[jdd2007]

Prusiner, Stanley Prusiner

http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1997/prusiner-autobio.html

[jdd2007]

Originally posted by Winston
Ok, but was he as smart as KH?

doubtful