I think I’ve decided on a theme for my blog. I will ask provocative questions. Please do not interpret the way I ask the question to imply my position on it. Here is the first of many…
Would you resort to cannibalism to save yourself? Would it make a difference if dinner was a stranger, a friend, or a family member? Not murder, just cannibalism. Would you save your child by resorting to cannibalism?
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I can’t imagine being on the brink of starvation/death and turning down food of any type. The desire to stay alive would outweigh any discomfort I had with the decision to eat a human. I’m not saying I’d be telling jokes around the campfire with my finger wrapped around a tibia, but I would do whatever was required to not die.
I’d likely be more comfortable eating a stranger.
In the other direction, I’d be annoyed (as annoyed as a dead person can be) if people in my party failed to eat me and went on to die of starvation. It would be a stupid tragedy.
I’ve got no children the law can tie me to (nor do I plan to change that), so I can abstain on the last question.
I have a pretty strong desire to survive, but this is not something I want to really think about or decide on until I have to.
Wow! As a vegetarian it’s a doubly hard question. I surely would do it to save my child, without question. If it were just me, alone, I’m not sure. I’d have to do some serious soul-searching if I were ever in that position (which hopefully I never will
Sanity is a condition that is reached when biological needs are met. Therefore, as one starves, sanity goes out of the window. Arguably, animal instincts would eventually consume senses of morality that we cherish in theory, but wouldn’t practice in the situation described above. I’d just save the genitals for the LAST supper.
No one ever has, or ever will do it quit like the “chief.”