Thread: Why isn't cannibalism more common?

Simple answer,as to why cannibalism is not more common:

Supply chain logistics

That thin ribbon of 'just in time' delivery to our local supermarkets is the fine line between having a bbq amongst your neighbours, or your neighbours amongst your bbq .

It takes about 3 days of no food supply for anarchy to break out. After about 3-6 months of no food supply, people start appearing on the menu.

Great topic...lets see where this goes next

Where it goes next, Andy?

Well, I reckon we are getting more picky with our foods. It seems every other person wants to peruse the vegan menu.
And, what about those Taiwanese?
Taiwan bans slaughtering dogs and cats for meat, marking changing attitudes towards animals - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Well, I can't speak for the Taiwanese, but I did meet an ancestor of someone who ate Captain Cook...I was on a beach in Hawaii, at Kealakekua bay. It was an interesting conversation, over beers and deep fried turkey, which was delicious, but apparently a poor substitute from the benefits of eating a ships Captains, or so I was told.

Apparently, killing him was an accident and that simply led on to dinner.

They did return his bones when they were done though.

No harm, no foul.

I do believe long pork is the approved terminology for person on a spit 😄

Originally Posted by Andy130

Well, I can't speak for the Taiwanese, but I did meet an ancestor of someone who ate Captain Cook...I was on a beach in Hawaii, at Kealakekua bay. It was an interesting conversation, over beers and deep fried turkey, which was delicious, but apparently a poor substitute from the benefits of eating a ships Captains, or so I was told.

Apparently, killing him was an accident and that simply led on to dinner.

They did return his bones when they were done though.

No harm, no foul.

No harm, no foul? Have to be a red card for sure?

Cannibalism is practiced in parts of India and Burma that I am aware of and of course PNG until relatively recently. In the former countries I think it is more a funeral practice so perhaps the meat is cooked. Let's hope so because you can get kuru disease from uncooked human meat which is incurable. Just a thought :-)!

Have stayed in the back blocks of PNG. Fella in the local village told me in another village not far from where I was staying (~2 hours by foot) the sharman was eaten only 3-4 years ago. Old bloke in that village claims he's had black, white and yellow. White is said to be best I was told.

When I was at a good Catholic college, we were told by one of the Brothers that humans were good tucker for other humans as they have all the right ingredients to sustain another.
Steve