Would you consider eating human meat if it could be ethically sourced?

[Raskolnikov]

Just a modest proposal this is it?

 

[jakarta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deoNAOfkXxc

Can some of NSCs ex matelots confirm that cannibalism is relatively under control in the Royal Navy?

 

[marlowe]

Whilst I imagine the ethical considerations would be insurmountable there are considerable health implications of eating meat from the same species that we would also need to overcome.

Eating beef, pork, lamb etc is relatively safe because if the slaughtered animal were ill the disease would have to impact both species (BSE being an example of where it can happen), eating human meat would mean we were susceptible to everything the donor had.

The risks would be too great for "natural" meat.
If however you could create synthetic meat based on the make up of human meat then it might be a goer.

According to this article (not sure about its credentials) it is only the human brain which it is advisable to avoid.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/311277.php

 

[Spanish Seagulls]

Ethically sauced? How?

 

[clippedgull]

for those counting calories.....

 

[RandyWanger]

It's a no from me.

 

[pastafarian]

Please dont give Mr Barber ideas...........half priced human fayre and a pint on the concourse coming soon

 

[Brovion]

Corrr, this was not a question I was expecting to think about on a Tuesday morning.

If I was in a plane crash, akin to what you say, I think I'd have to evaluate the situation.

But in answer to your question, no I do not fancy a late night human leg kebab, you loon.

No. Mind you, if If I were in a plane crash frankly I'd eat the other passengers before I touched the airline food.

I do like that quote from The Big Bus: "You eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal!"

 

[Grassman]

I assume none of you lot ate a burger from the North Stand refreshment bar at The Goldstone......

 

[cheshunt seagull]

It is actually a very real future scenario. The technology already exists to produce 'clean meat' which is grown from the cells of a living animal without causing them any harm but is currently too expensive to be a viable option. No technical reason why this could not include human flesh. Celebrities could launch their own brands, Beckham Burgers, the Kardashian Family Pack; try and guess which one you are eating today.

 

[pearl]

Top thread!

If I was going to eat granny though, I'd want her well done, regardless of the carbon footprint.

https://youtu.be/hZ3tmmkr3sg

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Please dont give Mr Barber ideas...........half priced human fayre and a pint on the concourse coming soon

It'll cost an arm and a leg

 

[Insel affe]

It is actually a very real future scenario. The technology already exists to produce 'clean meat' which is grown from the cells of a living animal without causing them any harm but is currently too expensive to be a viable option. No technical reason why this could not include human flesh. Celebrities could launch their own brands, Beckham Burgers, the Kardashian Family Pack; try and guess which one you are eating today.

Shame this is did not happen earlier, we could have had such classics as....

The George Micheal Toad in the Hole.

 

[el punal]

It'll cost an arm and a leg

To keep the costs down why not try the finger buffet?

 

[el punal]

I would be intrigued as to what you’d be eating if ‘meat and two veg’ was on the menu?

 

[lawros left foot]

Try Sidney’s kidneys
Petes feet
Tim’s limbs
Sandys handys
Pips lips
I think I’ll give Ricks a miss though, and Paul’s.

 

[wealdgull]

This starts to get confusing:

 

[Cozzy]

without reading the whole thread .... has anybody asked and answered ... what is ethically sourced human meat how the heck do you source it and what criteria makes it ethical ..... and if you actually did manage it can you chose whether your eating teen flesh over octogenarian flesh ?

some very strange people around to even suggest it ... or have you recently watched the movie Soylent Green from 1973 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/?ref_=nv_sr_2

 

[marlowe]

..... and if you actually did manage it can you chose whether your eating teen flesh over octogenarian flesh ?

Why not, if you can choose between veal and beef or lamb and mutton the same choices could apply.
With the meat being ethically sourced there would of course be stringent controls which would mean people would know exactly what (or who) they are eating.

 

[GT49er]

TBH, I'm rather struggling with the concept of 'ethically sourced' in this context..............................