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No really. I see killing people as morrally wrong and the idea of eating human flesh turns my stomach. But what is morally wrong with it? In some societies, it is even considered to be a way of preserving the spirits or your ancestors.

So, go to it chaps (and chapettes). :D

Edit: To clarify, consider the act of eating human flesh as an issue separate from the actual killing of a person.

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Lol...good topic

poll?

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Lol...good topic

Lol... good response

And for a moment I thought you were making fun of all the "Homosexuality: Is it moral?" threads. :D

Uhm, and it really depends on the circumstance, to answer the question.

poll?

How do I add one? I still haven't figured out how to drive this forum. :confused:

And for a moment I thought you were making fun of all the "Homosexuality: Is it moral?" threads. :D

Uhm, and it really depends on the circumstance, to answer the question.

Well, in what circumstances would you consider it to be morally justified?

Well, in what circumstances would you consider it to be morally justified?
Well for certain cultures it's perfectly normal, so if you belong to one of those cultures, I suppose it must be justified - you and your elders were raised to accept it. Other cultures would view that as savage, indecent, horribly disgusting... But that doesn't make it immoral, because the action is based on *your* morals, right?

i dont know if it was 'moral' but i thought that movie Ravenous was fantastic.

The thing is, being savage or decadent doesn't necessarily make something immoral, at least not according to the moral principles by which I live. Assuming that the person was already dead, it isn't harming anyone.

Nonetheless, I would shrink from doing it because fear and revulsion of the dead is something which is so deeply ingrained in the society in which I live and I would consider the mental trauma that it would inflict on me to be worse than death.

I'm pro-murder, pro-cannibalism.

Well, I guess I'm pro-everything....

And slightly insane.

MuMu, that's sort of what I was saying (but just like yesterday, I'm not all here. o_O) or trying to say....

It depends on what the reason is.

In parts of South-East Asia, dead relatives are eaten because it's believed that this act passes on something of the dead person ability or character. In the recent case of a cannibal in Germany, the defendant claimed his English had improved after eating his well educated and willing victim. This could also be used as a way to take on the sins of a person, so that their soul could more easily pass to wherever. If someone had such a thoughtful motive to eat my dead body, they can go ahead, if they don't mind waiting a while.

Also in parts South-East Asia, the bodies of slain enemies were once devoured to stop their souls reaching the after life, presumably until the death of whoever ate them. This is a nasty and malicious thing to do and I think we can agree that it's immoral.

And the third, because it tastes good. Well, not really much to argue there, is there? Either you know and you're okay, or you're not in a position to comment.

But what is morally wrong with it?

Is taking Holy Communion included under this debate (for them what believe in the transubstantiation)?

i don't think it's immoral or anything, as long as you're feasting on bodies without organs...kekekekekekeke...i'm kidding.

why do it if you're not sure if it's moral or not? why discuss it if you're not going to do it at all?

i don't think it's immoral or anything, as long as you're feasting on bodies without organs...kekekekekekeke...i'm kidding.


Dragons Bay wants to taste my manflesh? That's not bad going, I only woke up an hour ago and have had my first offer of oral sex from a stranger already.

Is taking Holy Communion included under this debate (for them what believe in the transubstantiation)?


Hell, why not. [dodgy irish accent] I was raised in the Faith [/dodgy irish accent]

So tell me why me & mine are gonna roast in the fires of some Protestant Hell. I can take it. :p

So tell me why me & mine are gonna roast in the fires of some Protestant Hell. I can take it. :p

You mean aside from the whole "the Pope's claim to Christ's throne makes him the anti-Christ" malarky and the bit about "Papist devil worshippers bowing down to idols instead of the Lord God, our saviour"?

Dragons Bay wants to taste my manflesh? That's not bad going, I only woke up an hour ago and have had my first offer of oral sex from a stranger already.

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You mean aside from the whole "the Pope's claim to Christ's throne makes him the anti-Christ" malarky and the bit about "Papist devil worshippers bowing down to idols instead of the Lord God, our saviour"?

Well, yes. Aside from that.

And the fact that the Church has in the past protected paedophiles, thus allowing them to continue their activities and exade the long hand of the law and that we all know what really goes on in those convents (wink wink nudge nudge)

Well, yes. Aside from that.

And the fact that the Church has in the past protected paedophiles, thus allowing them to continue their activities and exade the long hand of the law and that we all know what really goes on in those convents (wink wink nudge nudge)
I don't. What does go on there?

I don't. What does go on there?

Some Nuns have dirty habits.

Some Nuns have dirty habits.
they also like to administer daily beat downs

I don't. What does go on there?

Prayer, contemplation, charitable deeds and occasionally beating up schoolchildren.

What did you think wend on there? :rolleyes:

eh. . .morals are all relative anyway.

eh. . .morals are all relative anyway.

No they're not. Everybody has to believe in the same thing I do. Hadn't anyone told you?

No they're not. Everybody has to believe in the same thing I do. Hadn't anyone told you?

Sorry. Must have missed the memo.

I believe as long as it is acceptable in the country, state, or culture, then the consumption of human flesh is moral. I believe morality is determined by way of culture.

^Yeah, that's my fault, I forgot to send it.

Oh well, you are all hereby notified that you must believe the same thing.....as I do, I'm not changing my mind any time soon, so you'd better all figure out what is on it and start believing.

The first thing to get straight is that it is not moral to believe I have ever been at fault so you can safely ignore the first line of this post..... ;)

The second thing you need to be clear about, is that it is never moral to ignore anything I say or do. Now I know some of you have probably fallen off the path of morality already (either by believing I am at fault, or by ignoring my assertion that I am at fault), therefore to regain your morality you must send me a dollar.

My ambition is to eventually merge my morality structure with the Pope's, however he requires me to stay home and look after children, yet my employer wont pay me for that, ergo if you all send me a dollar, you can regain your morality, and I can comply with the Pope's morality and we'll all be good.

With regards to eating people, and the morality of doing so, yes so long as the person is dead, it should be ok, small nibbles on live people are sometimes acceptable as well.....

I never read memos. :rolleyes:

[stares at enormous pile of paperwork on desk]

[wonders why the electricity went off two months ago]

what justifies eating something? if you eat animals, is it because they're less intellegent, or genetically different? I could be eating stupid people frequently if the less intellegent thing applies, and everyone is genetically different to some degree, doesn't mean I'll be eating a chinese person or anything. I think eating any living thing (or at least killing it), is wrong.

Eating is like oxygene, it doesnt need to be justified, it'll happen either way. I agree you should not generally eat things that are currently alive, but I still assert that gentle nibbles between consenting adults is probably ok......