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| If properly inspected and prepared, would you eat human meat? |
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38% |
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| Only if I was starving |
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47% |
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| I already have |
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You guys should save this discussion for around Halloween.
Anyway, regarding books that deal with cannibalism, at least indirectly.
The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex, A Narrative Account by Owen Chase, First Mate is quite a riveting account about the Essex, which went down after it was rammed by a whale. I believe the incident inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick, who made the whale a symbolic white. The survivors had to take to three separate longboats, eventually getting separated in the Pacific and only a few survived. It's been some time since I read this, but I believe they actually drew lots to see who would have to die to feed the rest. Pretty grim stuff.
http://www.amazon.com/Wreck-Whaleship-Essex-Owen-Chase/dp/0156006898/r ef=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219947770&sr=1-1
The other book is Ordeal by Hunger by George Stewart, a rather fascinating account of the Donner Party.
http://www.amazon.com/Ordeal-Hunger-George-R-Stewart/dp/0395611598/ref =pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219947987&sr=1-1 |
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a grim topic indeed  |
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