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Whats wrong with cannibalism?

Animals eat animals all the time. Big fish eat small fish. Are we not animals? People should be allowed to eat what they want.

Edit: "Big fish eat small fish" was a bad example. kalm vvv plis

June 18, 2012

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ZOMGitjon

can i eat adrianna lima? ;O

Reply June 19, 2012
MagicFrappe

Only on Basilmarket will someone try to justify cannibalism. And poorly at that.

Reply June 18, 2012
tuesdaymorning

Worst argument ever. "Are we not animals?"

So it's totally okay if women bite off men's heads after sex, or if mothers eat their children if they're hungry, or if men kill each other when they get mad.

Reply June 18, 2012
Clownified

Basil doesn't allow zombies. Please exit to your left sir.

Reply June 18, 2012
IamDeamy

[quote=Hypertonik]I don't want to eat the whole body, I just want the face region.[/quote]

AKA kiss?

Reply June 18, 2012
Hypertonik

I don't want to eat the whole body, I just want the face region.

Reply June 18, 2012
iunhealu

[quote=ExSaber]ask any normal person and they will most likely tell you it's wrong[/quote]

"You only think it's wrong because you weren't raised in a society that openly practices cannibalism"

Reply June 18, 2012
ExSaber

[quote=SonsOfAnarchy]No, humans have been eating each other since humans came into existence. It still happens in many parts of the world, the Maori people on an island north of New Zealand engage in cannibalism. In North Korea cannibalism happens as well.

Historically speaking cannibalism was very normal, during the inquisition for a period of over 600 years it happened everyday all across Europe.

@ExSaber You only think it's wrong because you weren't raised in a society that openly practices cannibalism.

@Egnirys27 False. Human flesh is no more toxic than eating meat of any other species. And there have been societies who have lived off of it a lot longer than you suggest. Not to mention that rugby team whose plan crashed and they survived for 70 days by eating their dead comrades.[/quote]

ask any normal person and they will most likely tell you it's wrong

Reply June 18, 2012
meso911

Continually eating human flesh will make you sick... It's not like beef or pork etc..

Reply June 18, 2012
uphailure

There goes my faith in humanity.

Reply June 18, 2012
methos9

[quote=sohee]@iunhealu: yes i would like the barack obama sunny side up[/quote] you look like youu want a obama hot dog in your mouth with mayo packed all on top of the weiner

Reply June 18, 2012
methos9

[quote=NotUoid]so ull be ok with it when someone eats you[/quote] I eat my girl all the time

Reply June 18, 2012
taotapp

>animals do it, so we should do it, too!
>animals kill each other; humans should kill each other, too!
>dolphins have sex with unwilling partners; dolphins kill for fun; dolphins are animals! Are we humans not animals, too? Then we should be more like dolphins!
>hamsters eat their young, occasionally; we should eat our young, too! Occasionally.
>dogs eat their own poop; we should eat our own poop, too! Why haven't we started this yet?
>cats lick their bodies and HATE traditional baths; cats are animals; we should be more like cats!
>pigeons poop wherever they want ETC ETC ETC
>warrbll warbl warblshiggydiggy

But seriously, you see how this line of thinking can be used to justify almost anything, right? I'm sure you're just messing around, but there are people out there who'll actually use this kind of logic seriously.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
Coordination

Nothing is wrong with cannibalism, that's why we eat pigs,chickens, other beefs.
So quiet you.
Also, people eating people isn't right because lots of rumors will occur such as:
"ZOMBEE ATTACKK".
And if we continued to eat humans, we would lose death of a loved one, there would be corpes and blood everywhere on le news.
Also, if we ate humans, think of the population
ie: 7billion to like 3billion in 1 year.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=angramainyu]Wikipedia.[url=http://www.answers.com/topic/cannibalism-zoology]Answers.com.[/url] Most other internet sources accessible by googling the phrase "cannibalism."[/quote]

Okay, okay you win the internet argument. Here's your medal <^> (<<dats a medal). You must feel so accomplished. The definition I got was from googleing "Cannibalism definition".

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
guerratrades

[quote=iunhealu]Bruh, Where did I say they were of the same species? I said goldfish and sharks are fish. If they eat each other it is cannibalism.[/quote]

So basically since both cows and humans are mammals we all are cannibals?

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
Excelion

[quote=iunhealu]hm yew stumped meh
Cannibalism- the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind
Where does it say they have to be the same species? They are both fish. Fish are fish, even if they are of different species.[/quote]
Go back to school, please.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
ExSaber

ts is just trying to start stuff he just thought of on top of his head. he knows its wrong.
but since you make it seem like its no biggy, some random person mine as well eat you to death...

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=angramainyu]Which is it? Is it cannibalism, or are they of different species? You can't have both.[/quote]

hm yew stumped meh
Cannibalism- the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind
Where does it say they have to be the same species? They are both fish. Fish are fish, even if they are of different species.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
guerratrades

[quote=iunhealu][url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cannibalism?s=t]Cannibalism[/url]the eating of the flesh of an animal by another animal of its own kind.
You: "Fish are not animals!"[/quote]

That reference is too superficial, I betyou can find something better in a grade 5 science class it is more like an animal of the same [b]specie[/b] (same physical characteristics, development, etc, etc)

And anyways why do you wanna eat other people? Geez no wonder why you made a wild hunter -_-

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
Jellyquest

Ok guys, lets go have dinner over at OP's house it seems like an invitation <3.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=angramainyu]ITT: OP fails at playing devil's advocate.

Goldfish and sharks are not of the same species. Humans are, hence, we call them all humans.[/quote]

Bruh, Where did I say they were of the same species? I said goldfish and sharks are fish. If they eat each other it is cannibalism.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
xdean23

Yes, we are animals, but we've evolved no? But always look at the perspective if you eat another human being and the consequences. There are numerous diseases and drawbacks if you do commit cannibalism. An example of that would be [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_%28disease%29]Kuru.[/url]

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=Demonlord]@iunhealu: So a shark is the same as a goldfish? Cool.[/quote]

I didn't say that. If a shark eats a goldfish it is considered cannibalism. Likewise, if a white man eats a black man, it is considered cannibalism.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=Demonlord]@iunhealu: You: "I CAN'T READ OR COMPREHEND TEXT!"
Fish eating fish doesn't count because there are multiple species of fish.[/quote]

Please read this again.
cannibalism- the eating of the flesh of an animal by another animal of its own kind.
Why do the species even matter?

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
Nolen

I prob taste like fried rice and eels

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
daniel3b

Considering murder is usually a pre-req, I would think it's pretty obvious.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
ketchup11

We're probably high in saturated fat and cholesterol, with all the crap we eat and all

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
shadow776

all i know is no one is eating me...

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=Demonlord]"Are we not animals? "
Yes, we are animals.
"Animals eat animals all the time."
We eat animals.

"Big fish eat small fish."
Fish eating fish doesn't count as cannibalism.

Pretty sure cannibalism is also frowned upon in animal communities too. Lion eating cow =/= Cannibalism, lion eating lion = cannibalism, and I have never heard of lion eating lion being norm or accepted by other lions. You definitely have the wrong idea of what cannibalism is. Next time when you post something like this, make sure to go over it so you don't sound so anally ignorant.[/quote]

[url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cannibalism?s=t]Cannibalism[/url]the eating of the flesh of an animal by another animal of its own kind.
You: "Fish are not animals!"

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
StarOfDOOM

[quote=FiendOverlord]I don't think it would taste good.[/quote]

... but babies taste like fish

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
FiendOverlord

I don't think it would taste good.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
sohee

@gratitude: his infectious disease and parasite rate

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=sohee]@iunhealu: we don't live in a post apocalyptic world yet sorry to pop ur cherry[/quote]

So if I throw an athletic male African American that has done over 20 sports for 5 years, each requiring massive amount of endurance, and a deaf female midget that has no arms and legs they will have the same survival rate? I don't think so.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
ExSaber

i dont think a person is allowed to even touch another person without their permission.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
xNightlady

I don't know about you, but I sure as hell don't want to eat anyone I've met.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
sohee

@iunhealu: we don't live in a post apocalyptic world yet sorry to pop ur cherry

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=sohee]@iunhealu: yes i would like the barack obama sunny side up[/quote]

Survival of the fittest

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
sohee

@iunhealu: yes i would like the barack obama sunny side up

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=NotButts]We're the most intelligent so any normal human being should realize that we don't have to resort to cannibalism to stay alive.[/quote]

It's not a matter of staying alive, but a matter of freedom. Like I said, people should eat what they want.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
3moRaccoon

Hm... I don't know.

Morally, it's wrong.

But in actuality, idk.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
Ramunesun

[quote=iunhealu]It is looked down upon by society.[/quote]

jeez what kind of messed up society do you live in.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
iunhealu

[quote=Ramunesun]who says there's anything wrong with cannibalism?[/quote]

It is looked down upon by society.

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited
Ramunesun

who says there's anything wrong with cannibalism?

Reply June 18, 2012 - edited