Blogcritics: Comments on Cannibalism Legal in Russia

Comment by RJ

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:27:46 EST

"Guy #1 dies, and lays in the snow. In other words, he's been stuffed in a freezer, and he won't until spring." He won't ROT until Spring, I meant...

Comment by RJ

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:26:25 EST

I can certainly see some circumstances in which cannibalism would be acceptable... Let's say you are trapped, during winter, on a mountain. Due to the frigid weather, you are unable to climb down the mountain and get help. With you are 20 other guys. Guy #1 dies, and lays in the snow. In other words, he's been stuffed in a freezer, and he won't until spring. Guy #2 and guy #3 also die. A month has passed. It will still be another two months until the weather warms enough to allow an escape from the mountain. However, in two months everyone else will be dead from starvation. Sure, there is plenty of water to "drink" from the snow on the ground. But there is absolutely nothing to eat. Except the flesh of the dead. So. You have a choice: Slowly starve to death, or subsist on the frozen remains of your dead colleagues. If you are able to remain alive due to eating the flesh of your deceased companions, you may be able to eventually climb back down the mountain and find civilization. If you refuse to dine on the flesh of the dead, you will also die. Me, I think I could hold my nose and do it. YMMV...

Comment by RJ

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:18:49 EST

Heh... Fine post! :-)

Comment by Mat Brewster

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:04:12 EST

Some friends of mine and I once had a discussion on who we would eat if circumstances became so dire as to necessitate it. As usual, the fat guy lost.

Comment by Anthony Grande

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:08:29 EST

Natalie, what do you think about Cannibalism being illegal in the U.S.?

Comment by Alisha Karabinus

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:08:51 EST

Sweet! Come the apocalypse, I want to be locked up with Phillip -- I can trust him. .....and maybe I can spear his unsuspecting ass and barbecue him!

Comment by Phillip Winn

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:02:03 EST

Maybe you can kind of forgive cannibalism in dire cases, Tan... Me, I'm kind of in the "so starve to death" camp.

Comment by Natalie Bennett

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:36:00 EST

It does seem to be a pathology that has recurred throughout history. You'd have thought the Russians would have run into it before.

Comment by Alisha Karabinus

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:22:47 EST

I know. You just can't make this stuff up.

Comment by Tan The Man

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:49:03 EST

Wow. You can kind of forgive canibalism in dire cases, but.... wow.