Would you eat human flesh to survive?

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MotionMan

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Sure. How about this one?

Your wife and kids were stranded with you. Your wife succumbed to injuries and rescue was weeks away. Would you feed your wife to your kids to keep them alive?

Absolutely, and, if the situation was reversed, I would hope that my wife would feed me to our kids to keep them alive.

MotionMan
 

D1gger

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Why would I need to be stranded on a island to justify this?

Can you think of a better way to get rid of the dead hookers bodies?

Besides, with a few fava beans on the side and a glass of chianti, liver is a very tasty dish.
 

MotionMan

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Basic survival skills & common sense should prevent you from putting yourself in a position where your only option to survive is to eat human flesh. My answer is no.

You mean like a plane crash in the middle of the Andes? How would basic survival skills & common sense have helped in that situation?

MotionMan
 

Broheim

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I don't see anything wrong with eating another person to survive, but I wonder what part of the human body is the most tasty?...
 

AyashiKaibutsu

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You mean like a plane crash in the middle of the Andes? How would basic survival skills & common sense have helped in that situation?

MotionMan

Clearly, if they just understood the sun rises in the east or were able to locate Polaris in the night sky they could have avoided crashing.
 

MotionMan

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Clearly, if they just understood the sun rises in the east or were able to locate Polaris in the night sky they could have avoided crashing.

I assume you are being facetious since the crash was during the day and in a fog (not to mention the fact that the passengers did not cause the crash).

MotionMan
 

djnsmith7

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You mean like a plane crash in the middle of the Andes? How would basic survival skills & common sense have helped in that situation?

MotionMan

I don't have any interest in flying over the Andes while it's snowing, so I wouldn't be in that situation. There are a lot of ways to avoid this situation altogether.
 

Squisher

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Mod ala Carte

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Tastes like Chicken
 

SMOGZINN

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SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!

Personally I try to live as high on the food chain as possible, I only eat cannibals.
 

JulesMaximus

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For all of you who would eat people, would it matter what part of the person you were consuming? I'm sure some of you have eaten cock and ass before but probably not literally...probably. :p
 

Brigandier

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Also, ATOT has a bigger problem with eating pets than with eating people. This is disturbing.
 

MotionMan

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I don't have any interest in flying over the Andes while it's snowing, so I wouldn't be in that situation. There are a lot of ways to avoid this situation altogether.

Thank you, Mr. Obtuse.

Fine, your plane is hijacked and flown over the Andes where it crashes.

MotionMan
 

coloumb

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If there was absolutely zero options of alternative food source - then yes my basic survival instincts would probably kick in. I'd just have to seriously imagine I was eating chicken [because everything tastes like chicken right?]
 

Leros

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If there was absolutely zero options of alternative food source - then yes my basic survival instincts would probably kick in. I'd just have to seriously imagine I was eating chicken [because everything tastes like chicken right?]

Humans taste like pork.
 

MarkXIX

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If I had a supply of meat available to eat in order to survive, damn straight. I would eat cat, dog, or any other source of fuel available as well. Goes back to my central question:

If we're not supposed to eat animals (or humans), then why are they made out of meat?
 

Leros

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If I had a supply of meat available to eat in order to survive, damn straight. I would eat cat, dog, or any other source of fuel available as well. Goes back to my central question:

If we're not supposed to eat animals (or humans), then why are they made out of meat?

Animal's bodies are made out of the broken down components of the stuff they eat. Makes sense that their bodies would be edible too.