German Cannibal Resturant Soon Opening

I don't really know I mean you don't often hear about animals of the same species eating each other do you? (I'm not 100% on this so before anybody jumps on me, if I'm wrong and lions are always eating other lions or sharks are eating other sharks, then I apologise).

For me I can't even stand the sight of blood (it makes me feel faint) so thinking about people slicing off pieces of themselves for others to eat makes me feel sick. It's probably because I can imagine it happening to me (being a human being) and I imagine it's not nice, whereas I can't really empathise with animals (I don't know how they think or process pain etc so I can't see it from their side).

Rep to anyone who can find the original article on Spiegel.de, because I'm sure it's all rubbish.

Chimpanzee's often practice cannibalism, they actually showed it happening on a nature show, it was pretty disturbing to watch. Maybe even more surprising is that quite a few human tribes have (I'm pretty sure still do) practice cannibalism as a sort of ritualistic mourning of their relatives and others do it as a show of ultimate victory over their enemies. I doubt when people say they want to donate parts towards this, apparently fictional, restuarant that they mean doing it while they're still alive. I imagined it to be much more like organ donation, you know, when you die they'll take whatever you said they could take...except with parts of the body that aren't really important.

Chimpanzee's often practice cannibalism, they actually showed it happening on a nature show, it was pretty disturbing to watch. Maybe even more surprising is that quite a few human tribes have (I'm pretty sure still do) practice cannibalism as a sort of ritualistic mourning of their relatives and others do it as a show of ultimate victory over their enemies. I doubt when people say they want to donate parts towards this, apparently fictional, restuarant that they mean doing it while they're still alive. I imagined it to be much more like organ donation, you know, when you die they'll take whatever you said they could take...except with parts of the body that aren't really important.

Ahh right (that's why I explained that I didn't know that for sure, I was bound to be wrong )

The problem with cannibalism is that it leads to the development of diseases like Kuru, and BSE in cattle, which I'm sure you'd agree are pretty unpleasant. I'd imagine that this is the reason humans have evolved to view cannibalism as taboo.

Oops sorry, I had edited my post a bit after you'd quoted me! It doesn't make much difference to your reply though.



Does this not only occur if you eat certain parts, like the brain?

Chimpanzee's often practice cannibalism, they actually showed it happening on a nature show, it was pretty disturbing to watch. Maybe even more surprising is that quite a few human tribes have (I'm pretty sure still do) practice cannibalism as a sort of ritualistic mourning of their relatives and others do it as a show of ultimate victory over their enemies. I doubt when people say they want to donate parts towards this, apparently fictional, restuarant that they mean doing it while they're still alive. I imagined it to be much more like organ donation, you know, when you die they'll take whatever you said they could take...except with parts of the body that aren't really important. It does turn the stomach, I just can't figure out whyyy, I think there are problem a lot of complicated reasons to do with how it's seen as an animalistic or primitive thing to do and we westerners think we're better than that! I'm certain there's no easy answer though, the reasons why we don't do it don't seem to be as clear cut as people make them out to be.

Does this not only occur if you eat certain parts, like the brain?

Just a quick thought...

There are so many films (The Hills Have Eyes, Wrong Turn, Various Zombie films, Hannibal etc) that portray eating human meat as disgusting and taboo, possibly a factor in people's reactions?

There is obviously something not right about it, but these films portray those doing the action as either disgusting inbreds or psychopaths, both of which are feared by the general public. By eating human flesh, you are opening yourself up to being compared to these types of people (or characters).

Just a thought

I've looked at a few articles on Kuru, and they all describe the brain as being the most infectious part of the body. Put it this way: would you take the chance?

I think while it's certainly a factor in how people perceive the idea of someone who is a cannibal i.e they do stereotype them as the insane Hannibal Lecter type or of some crazy psychopathic, you should also remember that horror films do not dictate the things that you fear or are disgusted by, they rely on things people already fear or find disgusting. So with that being said, people must already find the idea of being a cannibal repulsive and insane in order for the movies to invoke a reaction, so while I think movies can enhance the idea, they don't create it. I'd say people would still associate the act as something done only by someone who is insane, even without the movies, as to act upon something so frowned upon in society people are likely to then conclude you're not normal and thus must be insane/psychopathic etc etc



Aha, no, I would not but even if it was only the brain, I don't think that would make any other part of the body any more appealing! However, pointing out that the brain is only the most infectious part thus implying other parts are also infectious does not mean that other parts are not safe, it could be that the infection rate from eating the other parts are so low that it could be considered safe. There seems to be only one widely cited case of widespread infection from cannibalism and that was in a tribe in Papa New Guinea, I know that there are other tribes that do pratice cannibalism and they seem to be okay, which makes me question the infection rate. It's a point I was previously aware of but I had assumed that it was only the brain and upon doing a brief search upon why cannibalism is such an ingrained taboo I haven't seen disease being mentioned, which again makes me question the infection rate. That being said as long as the infection rate is not zero then you have a valid point.

Yeah, I didn't think about that.

When I first read the OP and the thread, I just thought how disgusting it is. Now though, like you, I wonder why that it is looked upon in that way. It is quite interesting as a subject (but still totally to me, just in case people think that me saying that = me accepting cannibalism).

Rep to anyone who can find the original article on Spiegel.de, because I'm sure it's all rubbish.

Aha, no, I would not but even if it was only the brain, I don't think that would make any other part of the body any more appealing! However, pointing out that the brain is only the most infectious part thus implying other parts are also infectious does not mean that other parts are not safe, it could be that the infection rate from eating the other parts are so low that it could be considered safe. There seems to be only one widely cited case of widespread infection from cannibalism and that was in a tribe in Papa New Guinea, I know that there are other tribes that do pratice cannibalism and they seem to be okay, which makes me question the infection rate. It's a point I was previously aware of but I had assumed that it was only the brain and upon doing a brief search upon why cannibalism is such an ingrained taboo I haven't seen disease being mentioned, which again makes me question the infection rate. That being said as long as the infection rate is not zero then you have a valid point.