Clicking on the link now, the author seems to be retracting his cannibalism claim.
There’s no “seems to be” to it. He recanted the statement and admitted it was an unsubstantiated rumor. Would that the major news networks followed suit on some of their reports.
Isn’t there a psychological barrier to overcome before one resorts to cannibalism? There are National Guardsmen around, helicopters, news crews that can report to the survivors that help is on the way, etc. The Andes survivors were on their own with no contact with the outside world. I would find it very surprising if anyone in New Orleans was resorting to cannibalism after less than a week.
Here’s the update from the site:
You’re right, of course. I’m just the kind of guy who says “it seems to be raining” during thunderstorms. Not the best habit, I guess.
I saw this exchange on CNN:
Reporter: What is going on?
Guy in Street: I ate a dead corpse last night.
Reporter: My God. This hurricane has been awful.
Guy in Street: There was a hurricane?
(Just kidding!)
Tastes like chicken (shit or hawk, take your pick).
Well, apart from cases of extreme desperation, most modern cannibals seem to fit the Jeffery Dahmer mould: middle-class, white, male, educated loners who are out of their fucking gourds - not a lot of starving darkies in there.
The inaugural meeting of the NAACP {North American Association for Cannibal Practises} - motto: A thigh is a terrible thing to waste - has thus been cancelled due to lack of interest.
“Pardon me, does anyone have any gray poupon?”
Now I know you ain’t black. You woulda asked for some Tabasco Sauce.
“Survival can be delicious…tonight on EMERIL ALIVE!!!”
With fava beans and a nice Chianti?
…“darkies”??? :rolleyes:
Also: It just occurred to me that maybe there’s some (fancied) connection between voodoo and cannibalism.
I’m gonna tell you something, and I might get kicked out of the Big Guy Club for tellin’ ya, but ya gotta eat the big guy first. The odds of eating him at all go down with every little guy eaten.
No need for the rolleyes there; no racial offence was intended. “Starving darkies” was my hyperbolic spin on the hysterical, groundless and inflammatory claim of Mr Robinson that poor black folk were reduced to eating one another.
Upon further investigation, it appears that cannibalism in New Orleans has not risen above normal levels.
Uh, hellooooo? We’re American. We’re all like, hypoglycemic or diabetic. We have to eat a super-sized happy meal at least once an hour, or we’ll DIE.
Only the dead bodies are going past their “best buy” date, with guns one can get fresh meat anytime. :rolleyes:
But if it runs, the meat tastes gamey.
Judging from what I’ve seen on TV, people from New Orleans don’t exercise over-much.
Damn media liberal bias.