First, I didn’t even realise the pygmies still existed as a homogenous unit 'til this story broke
Second, I didn’t realise they really were that small but apparently, they are
Third, I don’t think they deserve to be eaten
They live a reclusive, nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle. They are forest dwellers who are under threat from logging anyway. I cannot believe they are being eaten. But for them to have taken the massive step of leaving the forest to appeal to the outside world makes me somehow believe them.
WAKE UP PEOPLE,
SAVE THE PYGMIES
Congo is a kind of forgotten war. Iraq is the sexy place to be right now. Well I don’t give a fuck about sexy, what’s happening in Congo is an affront to humanity. If ever US power and troops were needed, it’s in Congo.
You know, in another thread you made this comment, and someone was kind enough to provide you with a link explaining that this isn’t actually true.
Do you just drop these lovely gems wherever you go, and never go back to read any responses? Or do you just refuse to consider any other viewpoint but yours? Or do you just not care about what the truth is as long as you can be insulting? And what is powering your involuntary nervous system? Because I won’t believe for a moment there’s much of a brain in there beyond a fly-ridden, festering heap of urban legends and baseless assumptions.
Similar allegations of hunger-forced cannibalism have been made against North Korea, most notably by Channel 4 (UK)'s documentary series The Children of North Korea. Of course, this horror, the horrors in the Congo, and anything else going on the world has been trumped recently by a few empty missiles in Iraq.
Sorry about that. There must be a way of doing this that I don’t know yet. There isn’t that much more in them, anyway. Presumably sites like africaonline.com have more in depth stuff.
Perfectionism leading to post-padding, I guess. Sorry.
I hope that we’ve got someone truly knowledgeable about the Congo on the board. The number of experts is one of the nice things about reading here. All I really know about it is just what I’ve gleaned from reading the locals.