cannibalism

[Rhodeyo]

im reading this book "ALIVE" by piers paul read at school... and they're eating the hell out of each other... would you guys turn to cannibalism if you needed to, and your in the andes and there's no wildlife around

 

[walls of cetepedes]

What do you mean: "if you needed to"?

There has to be an excuse?

 

[Rhodeyo]

What do you mean: "if you needed to"?

There has to be an excuse?

well... its like -40 degrees... and you have like chocolate and wine to survive... and not very much chocolate and wine

 

[Ftaghn To You Too]

Only if all other food sources were gone, and the person up for the buffet were dead already.

 

[Rascarin]

I would probably eat another human being if I was starving, and they were already dead but still fresh.

 

[walls of cetepedes]

What do you mean: "if you needed to"?

There has to be an excuse?

well... its like -40 degrees... and you have like chocolate and wine to survive

No, no, you misunderstand.

I'm asking if an excuse is necessary.

 

[DazZ.]

What do you mean: "if you needed to"?

There has to be an excuse?

well... its like -40 degrees... and you have like chocolate and wine to survive

What's wrong with chocolate and wine?

 

[Kodlak]

Yeah course, if there's no alternative... but I think it's only fair that if I eat their leg that they eat mine unless they're dead then buffet!

 

[Rhodeyo]

What do you mean: "if you needed to"?

There has to be an excuse?

well... its like -40 degrees... and you have like chocolate and wine to survive

No, no, you misunderstand.

I'm asking if an excuse is necessary.

uhhh... you'll probably die if you dont

 

[Rhodeyo]

What do you mean: "if you needed to"?

There has to be an excuse?

well... its like -40 degrees... and you have like chocolate and wine to survive

What's wrong with chocolate and wine?

there's not that much left.. and what nutritional value can you get out of that.. the alcohol will numb your body and you wont really know if you have frostbite or if your legs falling off. and chocolate is basically pure sugar so you would probably die.

 

[rokkolpo]

no i wouldn't

i might use their bodies to attempt luring a polar bear.
that i will then kill with something sharp (probably not)
and eat him.

 

[walls of cetepedes]

uhhh... you'll probably die if you dont

Heh, you still don't get it.

Why do I have to be starving to resort to it?

 

[megapenguinx]

If I needed to, sure. I mean you're all meat, delicious delicious meat
In general, eh maybe not. Most human meat isn't too tasty (only the stuff on the arms and legs really is).

 

[DazZ.]

Yes, I would like to see what it tastes like before I die. As long as I knew it was as clean as other meat I've eaten.
New experiences are always welcome.

 

[fix-the-spade]

I hate the se questions, you can never truly know the answer until your in that situation. So I have to answer that I don't know, but would like to think that if my survival depended on it I would be able to eat the dead.

As for the book, typical Rugby players. If it was anyone else I'd say it was an amazing feat but for people who wear skimpy Lycra and play a game that even NFL players consider overly brutal, well, it's just a sunday stroll in the mountains...

Actually, those survivors were pretty badass, not to mention lucky.

There has to be an excuse?

Remind me never to come to one of your dinner parties Spoon...

 

[Avaholic03]

Depends...how well do I know the people. I don't think I'd eat my best friend, but maybe someone I just met.

 

[Rhodeyo]

uhhh... you'll probably die if you dont

Heh, you still don't get it.

Why do I have to be starving to resort to it?

so your saying you'd eat someone else even if you werent starving?

 

[lazy_bum]

im reading this book "ALIVE" by piers paul read at school... and they're eating the hell out of each other... would you guys turn to cannibalism if you needed to.

interestingly we had a question about that in one of my sacred texts lectures the other week (were exploring the abstract) and i got asked if i was stuck with out food and i found a dead person and adead pig (~supposing i was jewish btw) which would i eat? after assertaining that they were fit to eat and had same amount of flesh on them i told the lecturer that i would eat one and cut up the other for later use. apparently this was a brilliant answer but not the one he had been expecting. so basically yes, if it was the only food i had i would eat another person, does help that i am highly morally flexable though.