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Consensual Cannibalism Legalized?

Quiddity

Quiddity

UndertheInfluenceofGiants
Would you vote to legalize Consensual Cannibalism?
I'm more interested in hearing out those who take full advantage of an amoral government system. Those who rest their morality on whether harm is caused or not.
If they are only hurting themselves, do you care?
Some people have compared this to Euthanasia. If the person wants to be eaten and having another person (or group) eat them makes them feel good, why not?
 
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angellous_evangellous

Guest
Sure, it can be legal only if both parties can be certified by mental health professionals as actually mentally being able to consent. Personally, I have my doubts that one can actually consent to canabalism and not have a mental disorder of some kind.
 
Smoke

Smoke

Done here.
I can't say I've given this any serious thought, but my gut reaction is that somebody who wants to be eaten is mentally incompetent and should not be allowed to make that decision.
 
Buttercup

Buttercup

Veteran Member
Sure legalilze it if you want to put humans on par with animals....Is this really something that is up for a legalization try?

If so, that is the most disgusting thing I have heard in a long time! And barbaric and degrading to human life.
 
Quiddity

Quiddity

UndertheInfluenceofGiants
Buttercup said:
Sure legalilze it if you want to put humans on par with animals....Is this really something that is up for a legalization try?

If so, that is the most disgusting thing I have heard in a long time! And barbaric and degrading to human life.
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Not sure if still is, but it was in the courts in Germany. Since Euthanasia is legal there, the man that ate quite a few people and video taped it was actually making a case.
 
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standing_alone

Well-Known Member
Consensual Cannibalism. :biglaugh:

I'd have to agree with MidnightBlue that anyone who wants to be eaten isn't mentally competent and shouldn't be allowed to decide if someone should be able to eat them. However, to make this more interesting: What if someone's final wishes were to have their remains cannibalized (is that a word?)? Would that be okay? To let people eat their remains?
 
Buttercup

Buttercup

Veteran Member
Victor said:
Not sure if still is, but it was in the courts in Germany. Since Euthanasia is legal there, the man that ate quite a few people and video taped it was actually making a case.
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Well then, I agree with the others that this guy had a few screws loose....
 
Quiddity

Quiddity

UndertheInfluenceofGiants
Buttercup said:
Well then, I agree with the others that this guy had a few screws loose....
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He claims it's widely misunderstood and that it's about love...
 
Jaymes

Jaymes

The cake is a lie
If it was only after their natural death, sure. If someone else has a deathwish (whether it involves eating or being eaten), it's not my problem.
 
Quiddity

Quiddity

UndertheInfluenceofGiants
Jensa said:
If it was only after their natural death, sure. If someone else has a deathwish (whether it involves eating or being eaten), it's not my problem.
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Natural death? :confused:
 
Smoke

Smoke

Done here.
standing_alone said:
However, to make this more interesting: What if someone's final wishes were to have their remains cannibalized (is that a word?)? Would that be okay? To let people eat their remains?
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I wouldn't eat beef that had died of natural causes; it can't be a good idea to start that with humans.

I have wondered whether it would be legal to have some of my tattoos removed and preserved after my death, though. Maybe photos would be a better idea. ;)
 
Buttercup

Buttercup

Veteran Member
MidnightBlue said:
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I have wondered whether it would be legal to have some of my tattoos removed and preserved after my death, though. Maybe photos would be a better idea. ;)
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Hey, why didn't you post in the thread I started wanting to see pics of tatoos? :149:

I think tatoos are very cool pieces of art. I have a tiny one and don't want more but I enjoy looking at other people's tats.
 
Mr Spinkles

Mr Spinkles

Mr
There may be a serious public health risk....brain-rotting diseases are passed on through cannibalism.

But if it didn't pose a public health risk, I cannot see why it should be illegal for a person to want to have their body eaten after they die. I believe many tribes in the South Pacific do this or used to do this...for them it is a symbol of keeping their loved ones with them after they die. To me, obviously, as a Westerner, such a practice seems shocking...but (as I said) unless there's some kind of public health risk involved, I cannot see why it should be illegal just because it's taboo in our culture.
 
Jaymes

Jaymes

The cake is a lie
Victor said:
Natural death? :confused:
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Yea, from old age or sickness... maybe accidents, but I'd be wary of people purposely getting into wrecks or run over for cannibalism purposes. I just think it'd be too easy to pressure people, especially younger ones, into offing themselves because cannibalism is cool/they'll get rewarded when they die/what have you.
 
Mr Spinkles

Mr Spinkles

Mr
Oh, if we're talking about legalizing suicide, that is a much more complex issue, because suicide is something one can easily do in a fit of depression or rebellion without really wanting to do it, and it's impossible to choose life again once a person has chosen suicide.

I thought Victor meant cannibalism of people after they die from natural causes, as is the practice of some tribes in the South Pacific, I believe.
 
linwood

linwood

Well-Known Member
I don`t have a problem with it.

As long as no one is killed with the intent to eat them and the eating of them isn`t a health risk, have at it.

Pass the ketchup.

I personally have no objection to whatever anyone wants to do with my dead body.
 
Scarlett Wampus

Scarlett Wampus

psychonaut
I guess one way to understand where you stand on whether this should be illegal is to ask yourself if you would report it to the authorities if an otherwise law-abiding neighbour were to do this and you found out about it.
 
michel

michel

Administrator Emeritus
Staff member
Emotionally, the gut reaction is one of revolt. It seems abhorent.

But laws are not formed around emotional responses. I supppose that as long as the consentual eatee (SP? Well, it would be a new word) can be proved to be 'of sound mind' there is no logical reason why this should not be permitted.

The only caveat is that with every innovation comes the opportunity for some to abuse the new system..............I don't really fancy waking up from my sleep to find someone decvouring my arm, because he falsified my agreement, and 'certification of sanity':eek:
 
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