Reply #8: why does the very thought of cannibalism seem to freak some people out?

[LiberallyInclined]

human are animals too. I'm not saying that cannibalism should be aregular thing- but in extreme situations where the choice is cannibalise or die, pass me a knife and fork...there was the case of the soccer team in the plane crash in the Andes- they resorted to eating what was basically "people jerky" in order to survive. i don't understand why some people find it ghoulish in those situations- there was a recent episode of CSI: Miami where it happened among some people adrift in a life-boat, and the detective on the case apparently seemed to think that it would be better to die yourself from starvation, than to nibble on a dead friend's flesh- i just don't understand that kind of thinking- isn't survival the point?