[UA] TABOO

[Eric Eves]

Royal Minister of Stuff wrote:

> I included Cannibalism (A person slowly turning into a
> Lovecraftian-style ghoul due to magic ceremonies
> using, well, various "religious tracts" authored by
> Sandy Petersen.)


On a bit of the aside, am I the only one who doesn't get the big
revulsion thing with cannibalism?

I mean, sure, it's unsanitary, and it's obviously unethical if you're
killing people for the meat.  But if they're already dead, what harm
does it do?  After all, it's not like anybody /else/ is using the body
anymore.  I know I wouldn't mind if somebody ate /my/ corpse.

And if it's just a thing about mutilating the dead, why doesn't organ
donation give the same ick factor?  Perhaps if people signed up and
carried cards labeling them as registered Meat Donors.

I just don't get it.

-Eric Eves

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