I thought Graham Masterton wrote fiction, too. First thing I thought of when I read this thread was his novel Ritual. I have a high tolerance for the icky stuff (one would have to, to be a Masterton fan) but I could barely finish this one.
Yeah, my fellow humans never fail to amaze me… Eww.
All the same, would you acknowledge that the broad consensus in this thread is to adopt an “absolutist” position vis-a-vis consensual cannabilistic sexcapades (there’s no justification, I don’t care what you say!), but a “relativistic” position regarding whether homosexual behavior is right or wrong?
Or if you think relativism is the correct perspective all around, how could you argue that consensual cannibalism should be prohibited?
Piss poor translation, maybe?
The German news sources I read all said that they ate the guy’s penis. I read this in the original German, so at least that source of confusion is gone.
Penis, not nuts.
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Ugh. Did we really have to bring this one back?
::HURK::
:eek: :eek: :eek:
When will I learn? Oh, why oh why did I click the TMI…? If Dad offers to grill steaks, or worse- hot dogs tonight, I think I’ll pass. Tofu, pasta, salad, all fine… just no red meat! For several days.
I second the question a few other posters asked.
What in the world could have possibly happened to this guy to make this his FANTASY?
For whatever reason, I’m not as disturbed by it as some of you are. I just can’t wrap my mind around it. Even seeing it in a news article, and the fact that the OP knew the person in question doesn’t help. It’s very surreal.
I’m sure it happened, my mind just won’t let me think about it further than that.
The pyschology of such people facinates me beyond words.
~J
My Sick-O-Meter has just exploded, Revtime, you owe me 129.90
Sweet Jesus keep me near the cross!
I was visiting friends and family in my hometown of Rothenburg ob der Tauber when this story broke. I saw a little of it on the news and asked my friends about it that night in the Pub where we meet when I’m home.
They told me it was the other Rothenburg (Fulda).
As I remember it grossed me out even then, but I didn’t know the details as Rev posted them, not at that time.
Damn, I won’t even share this one with my co-workers, and we’ve seen some pretty gruesome shit.
Quasi
Why the hell did I click on this?
I ran across this story in a “News of the Wierd” type column, so it’s not new, but still. Wierd isn’t the right word, fecked-up is closer.
Put me down under “no hot dogs, ever.”
Gah. :eek:
OHHHH.OHHHH…OH!!
New Band Name and it’s mine!!!1 All mine!
Consensual Cannibalism
On the serious side, this just boggles my mind. What is even more bizaare is that 5(!!) men responded to the ad.
Slee
I said “mentally ill”, not “insane”. As I understand it, they ruled he was competent to stand trial, which is a far cry from being declared sane.
UPDATE: Armin M charged with murder
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3075897.stm
"A German man who confessed to killing and eating a man he met through a website for cannibals has been charged with murder, prosecutors have said.
The 41-year-old suspect, identified as Armin M, is alleged to have killed the 43-year-old victim in March 2001 in the town of Rotenburg in central Germany, after meeting him through the site. "
I don’t believe it. Surely, the US media would be all over this? I’ve never heard a thing about it. Or maybe even they won’t touch this!
Neat! He was voluntarily cannibalized and killed, then rose from the dead five months later!!!
There’s plenty of cites in this thead… And I can vouch that the “vicitim” was a real person.
Or the “victim”.
I know that this is a really strange question to ask, but I AM prone to thinking strange questions . . .
[Since I’m new to this forum place, please don’t jump all over me, heh. I’ve been on some MBs that are incredibly sensitive, but this one seems less so.]
What’s the difference between eating a cow and a person? I’m asking this as an intellectual-type question. Not a, “Mmm, I wanna give this one a try!” kind of question.
What is it about this story that disturbs people so greatly, but the same people can eat a huge, bloody steak and be unphased?
I kind of figure it to be a sort of cultural training. But how’d we come to this point? Other cultures in history have been okay with it (usually in a respect of the dead type thing, I believe).
Ahem. Sorry if I’ve offended anyone.
I think if you had sex with the cow and then flambayed it’s genitalia, people might be a tad disturbed by that as well.