# I want to start ethical cannibalism **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146 "2013-08-02T12:25:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/21 "2013-08-03T02:33:10Z")
We should be decreasing the amount of meat sold and consumed, not increasing it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/22 "2013-08-03T03:24:40Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > We should be decreasing the amount of meat sold and consumed, not increasing it. Why? I’m aware of four main groups of reasons that people commonly want to reduce or eliminate the eating of meat: [ol] [li]Reducing animal suffering caused by us. [/li][li]Reducing resource use and pollution impact of the meat industry. [/li][li]Reducing ill effects on our bodily health caused by eating meat.[/li][li]Following the dictates of a religion.[/li][/ol]These reasons are pretty much orthogonal: you can believe one without believing any of the others. Which do you believe? I’m most inclined to go with 2 for a reason, followed by 1, then 3. (4 does not apply to me.) People who only believe 1 would reject factory farming and prefer hunted meat, and I do not see that synthetic meat, should it be available, would be objectionable to them. Or voluntarily-given human meat. People who only believe 2 would reject factory farming and allow the price of non-factory-raised or hunted meat to rise to match its scarcity. Depending on the resources required and pollution emitted, they might or might not support the manufacture of synthetic meat. But logically they ought to support anything that reduces the impact of humanity on the earth, including meat-related acts that would reduce our numbers. People who only believe 3 wouldn’t distinguish meat based on its source; all meats would be suspect based on their bodily effects. And I can’t really speak about people who only believe 4; that would depend on the religion involved. Of course, this ignores any emotional ‘ick’ factors involved. Which is a great omission, certainly. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/23 "2013-08-03T03:33:54Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I would much rather see scavengers eat my corpse than other humans. You’re expecting to watch your corpse being consumed? How does that work? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/24 "2013-08-03T03:40:42Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > The thing many people don’t realize is the meat we eat comes from really young animals - about teenagers. Meat from people who participated in this is likely to be tough and chewy. Make soup. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/25 "2013-08-03T13:09:05Z")
Are you taking reservations and can you forward me a menu ? May I modestly propose an Irish inspired dish? Something swiftly cooked, as opposed to stewed, roasted, baked, boiled, fricasied, or a ragoust. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/26 "2013-08-03T22:33:16Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > May I modestly propose an Irish inspired dish? Something swiftly cooked . . . Stir-fried motorcyclist, with little potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/27 "2013-08-03T22:50:43Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Lets say that to give others the chance to taste human flesh, someone would volunteer their corpse before death like organ donation. They could specify who gets to eat parts of them etc. Would there be legal obstacles to this? I’d do this if I could decide who has to eat my dick. Better yet, I can think of a couple people with whom I could form a consortium. We would get together and have our dicks frozen. Then when the last of us dies, the person we chose (who, being the soulless piece of shit he was would probably still be alive) would ‘get’ to eat our bag-o-dicks. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/28 "2013-08-03T23:19:21Z")
I just hope clowns don’t take you up on this offer of voluntary cannibalism. . . . . … . … . . . . I hear they taste funny. ---
**Author:** ![kambria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@kambria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambria)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/29 "2013-08-03T23:27:22Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Are you taking reservations and can you forward me a menu ? > > May I modestly propose an Irish inspired dish? Something swiftly cooked, as opposed to stewed, roasted, baked, boiled, fricasied, or a ragoust. > > CMC fnord! I see what you did there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/30 "2013-08-03T23:30:16Z")
**Sunspace** , for me, it is number 1. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/31 "2013-08-03T23:32:41Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > **Sunspace** , for me, it is number 1. thankfully you don’t get to make that decision for anyone but yourself. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/32 "2013-08-04T01:41:27Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > I’d do this if I could decide who has to eat my dick. Better yet, I can think of a couple people with whom I could form a consortium. We would get together and have our dicks frozen. Then when the last of us dies, the person we chose (who, being the soulless piece of shit he was would probably still be alive) would ‘get’ to eat our bag-o-dicks. They would know which dick was DeltaSigmas. It would be the one biter. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/33 "2013-08-04T01:52:42Z")
it’s not just about having to kill someone, but also the ick factor that you might find me tasty. literally. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/34 "2013-08-04T01:56:37Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > They would know which dick was DeltaSigmas. It would be the one biter. I admit I’m probably not like you and need to reel it in like a fire hose. I only have to tuck it into my sock. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/35 "2013-08-04T02:00:23Z")
So that’s another vote for “socks on” I guess. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146/36 "2013-08-04T02:06:35Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > So that’s another vote for “socks on” I guess. I laughed and spit all over the place. Thank you for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-ethical-cannibalism/665146.md?page=1)