Cannibalism

[Leviathan87]

you can get a lot of different viruses and diseases from cannibalism. so no i wouldn't

[Sharing Gun]

I wouldn't mind doing it under extreme circumstances, like starving off death. But one thing is sure I won't kill a human to eat him

[Bluenoser]

Just make sure you don't eat the brains, there is a dangerous prion that causes something much like mad cow disease in humans that eat human brains (and no this is not from personal experience no matter how crazy I might seem to some at times). As to the question itself, in the need for survival and there already being a dead body available, then yes. Now, would I kill other humans to provide that body, not unless there is more than my own personal survival at stake (say I knew important information that needed to be gotten to proper authorities that could not be shared, that would be one example of what I mean). There are some lines I will not cross for mere survival alone, and killing other humans for food is one of them. I can deal with those already dead being converted to food source if there is no other option available, but that is as far as I believe I would go for personal survival only. Not that I would ever Ever EVER want to have to do so, I do find the idea personally very repulsive and gruesome!

[† Mute point]

You can get prion disease from any part of the human body unless it is cooked properly first.

[shyguysteve]

ah... meat is meat, better not to waste it. but people have this weird obsession to "honor" the dead.

[† Mute point]

In some cultures, honoring the dead required eating them. Just as eating the flesh of your enemies was supposed to grant you their strength, and knowledge.

[lemmingllama]

In some cultures, honoring the dead required eating them. Just as eating the flesh of your enemies was supposed to grant you their strength, and knowledge.

This is true, but not in the modern world except for a couple small groups. Though groups like the Native Americans see that an animal should be used if killed in order to honor its spirit.

[Pinkie Pie]

Honestly I think that if it's for survival, it should be done, but not if the dead person is sick, because that'd probably get you sick too. The thing about humans is that they have enough meat to keep someone in an extreme survival situation alive for a very long time if it's properly cured and cooked. Killing a 150 pound woman that was kind of lazy would provide at least 75 pounds of meat after most or all fat was trimmed off and only a few organs were retained, such as the heart, kidneys, and liver, along with a sack to hold some of it in, if the stomach was either empty when the person died or was cleaned out if there was a water source nearby.

It would be gruesome and you'd be wracked with guilt for a long time over it, but you would have survived whatever the situation was. In the end, after the person has died, the real purpose for the mortal shell is to contribute to the circle of life anyway, so it would be wise to make it contribute to the circle of your life in that situation.

When it comes to eating the dead to gain their strength or to honor them, one must realize that those kinds of civilizations have come and gone by a long while, and that people just don't do that kind of thing anymore. In the 17th century and before, apothecaries used dried and ground human flesh as remedies called mummie as a cure-all from everything from the common cold to tuberculosis. That made people sicker than they already were, because it wasn't from actual Egyptian mummies as it was named, but from executed criminals that were often malnourished and sick themselves. Just because they did that then doesn't mean that it'd be acceptable to do it now. The same goes for eating the dead to honor them or to gain their strength.

[† Mute point]

It's not accepted, or widely practiced, but it does happen

[Libitinarius]

Just thought I'd add this point in there, being I am drooling at the bit for Skyrim to be released. The game is going to allow the player to participate in cannibalism!

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/224564/skyrim-allows-you-to-engage-in-cannibalism/

[Malyssa Rahl]

Meat is meat. if you're starving you won't care who it used to be.

[LordErebus12]

Cannibalism is rather natural in nature, happens in many different species, including some primates.

[Spacecreepkitan]

personally I feel that we should use our deathrow inmates to nourish the poor O.o but seriously we bury fresh meat everyday, there must be some logical use for it !!!

[† Mute point]

That would only work if we executed them by means other than poison.

[lemmingllama]

Well, we could french fry them instead, then would be more tasty and enrage the human rights activists! French fried felons

[† Mute point]

Finger steaks made from real fingers

[Malyssa Rahl]

I can think of a few more names for all of the dishes you could come up with for that idea..

Broiled Bastard

Marinated Murderer

Cooked Convict