Cannibalism is not a lifestyle choice

[masmdu]

Armin Meiwes, the German cannibal who killed, dismembered and ate another man, has escaped with a conviction of manslaughter. With good behaviour in prison, this could mean that he is out in a mere four-and-a-half years.


http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CA3C2.htm

[Bonobo]

1. That's exactly what it is.

Anyway, it's more of a life-style choice than what most people refer to as a "life-style choice" (i.e. Homosexuality). Homosexuality is neither a choice nor a "life-style". It is, in fact, nothing more than a sexual preference and has no bearing on the "lifetyle" one chooses.

BY the way, don't misread this. I am completely pro all gay rights! I am simply sick of it being referred to as a life-style choice.

As for cannbalism, why not? We make cows into cannibals by the millions. I think we can handle one whack-a-doo in Germany.

[nostamj]

2. homosexuality is not a 'preference'

do heterosexuals "prefer" opposite-sex sex?

sorry, homosexuality is as innate and unchangeable as eye color.

it has nothing to do with what you "prefer" that implies choice and people do not choose their sexuality.

/little rant

[Bonobo]

3. You're parsing words...

Did you not understand the intent of my post or are you just feeling contentious this morning?

[nostamj]

5. phrases like

"nothing more than a preference" tend to make me contentious.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. homosexuality is as innate and unchangeable as eye color

you know i am gay and i disagree with that statement...i think sexuality is more fluid than people like to think....i dont like the words preference either ...my pt is even if it is a preference why does one assume that a heterosexual preference is so much better than a homosexual preference

[noonwitch]

12. Isn't the term "sexual orientation" the proper one?

At least that's what I always thought. I have no problem accepting that gays do not choose to be gay, that it is somehow determined biologically. That does lead me to wonder about bi-sexuality, however. Is it predetermined? Is it a temporary state that is resolved at the end of adolescence, or when one accepts one's sexual orientation as being gay or straight, or when that person meets someone he or she wants to make a lifetime commitment to? Or is it just people who are afraid to make a commitment?

Not that any of it should ever matter. I could care less who sleeps with whom, who likes to do it what way, as long as children and pets arent' involved, no one gets hurt or killed, and it's all done in private.

[K-W]

7. Dont oversimplify.

Homosexuality is not like eye color. It is a complex set of behaviors, and as such it is an interaction between genetic and enviromental factors. It is more akin to personality in that sense. And like personality, its not something you can really control.

[Dennis Quaranta]

10. Can Republicans Help Themselves?

I can't imagine anyone truly choosing to be a Republican. And you know, it runs in families! Betcha Rudy Giuliani's children, despite the finest schooling money can buy, end up in the G.O.P. There has to be a genetic component to it.

[K-W]

11. Probably not

There is probably no significant genetic link to political outlook. It is however, like many attitudes and behaviors, something that results from enviroment during development, but with time becomes unchangeable. Homosexuality most likely has a greater genetic componant, but regardless, once the attitudes and behaviors are formed, they cannott really be unformed.

Those who advocate the choice model of homosexuality are expressing a massive ignorance of human behavior.

[DrWeird]

14. Yes, it's a serious genetic flaw.

They're all born without a conscience.

[Bonobo]

6. Then I apologize. But you misread my intent. EOM!!!

[nostamj]

8. i'm sorry too, i am a bit contentious today

killing time before going into the office for the last time. not looking forward to the goodbyes (after 10+ years) or the unemployment which follows...

p.s.

seeing 'choice' or 'preference' in relation to sexuality always raises my hackles.

[Bonobo]

9. That's okay.

And I'm sorry you're having such a horrible day...

:cry:

[Forkboy]

13. If someone wants to be eaten why can't we?

We're an animal,just like a cow or chicken is.Maybe we taste good to :)

Hell,I'm so broke I'm thinking of gnawing on my leg right now for some sustenance!

[DrWeird]

15. I actually haven't got a problem with cannibalism.

Outside of mental cases, like this guy, the only well documented cases of human cannabilism came from the South Fore, who ritualisticly ate their dead as a form of sacrament. I myself wouldn't do it. But I don't see how this is inheritally much worse that chopping up their brains and feeding it to vultures, removing their organs and embalming the carcass in oils and mummifying it, burning it, or sticking it in a hole in the ground.

Sure, a large number of them died from kuru. But hey, a large number of americans died from eating green onions at a sketchy mexican restaurant.