This one is controversial!Would you eat another human being in order to survive?

Hi Andrew, I think you're actually referring to the Uraguian rugby team. They did receive criticism from some quarters for doing what they did but not from the relatives of those they were forced to use in order to survive. People close to them realised that they were caught in a terrible ethical dilemna and they had no other choice. Most were repulsed by what they had to do but realised they had to overcome this in order to survive themselves. They made a pact amongst themselves to help each other out in this way if further deaths occured. They didn't commit murder in order to live, they used only what was available. Yes I would do the same, these survivors by no means did it lightly.

Idealisticly..No way! Realisticly? Reality has a nasty habit of twisting idealisms in strange ways..So, realisticly, I should hope not but I 'really' don't know for sure..enjoy!

i saw that movie when it first came out. some of them refused to eat another human and preferred to die instead. and i remember when they talked with the survivors that were rescued, they asked them what humans tasted like. a person responded that humans taste like chicken. i am a vegetarian anyway. if i am not going to eat animal meat, i sure as hell not going to eat human meat.

humm i think i could if i had no choice in the matter, but only if i knew for sure they didnt have some kind illness that i could get by eating them.. i know if someone would eat me they be good for at least a week

I am chilean and old. That means I remember the real story. The people crashed on the top of the Andes. There was only snow there, not even a single tree or herb. It was a miracle that they were found even if one of them went to find help. That, itself, was another miracle. After remembering the episode, I wouldn´t be able to talk lightly about eating or not another human being. And I wouldn´t know what I would do in the same situation. Anyway, now I wouldn´t have the chance to survive that way. They survived not only because they ate human meat but because they were extremely young and strong. Once in a while I think of them and how they must be scarred by that all their lives. Take care!

I don't think I would be able to do that. I would rather eat my clothes when there is nothing more to eat. In a scenario of a plane crash, first thing that I would do would be to look for food which might had been thrown from the crash. I am sure there are also other things to eat where the plane crashed, ex. fruits, birds, bird eggs, fish. I hope they don't run out until someone catches sight of me and save me.

I wouldn't. That would be against my principle. Instead, I would try my very best to look for plants or something which I could survive on. Like catch a fish, or look for plants which are edible; anything at all. Anything, but to eat a human. I'll look for real food or I'll die trying. Good topic here.

Yup I saw a movie once about that story. Really very gross. But if you ask me, I would find other means to survive. Eating everyone else would be last on my list. I'd rather go hunt for food by all means. If I was in that situation I would decide to go hunting for the whole pack myself with or without the others help. Survival is a must. Since we were endowed with better brains than most animals, I think it's totally not impossible to create make shift weapons from the debris of the fallen aircraft. First go hunt for animals with fur, eat them and bring them back for the others.

As I read the title of your discussion friend. It seems that I vomiting...I don't think I can do that. It is better to look for insect, snake or any other lives within if there be than to eat another human or perhaps it is better to die than to eat...?

No I do not think that I could ever do that and there would be no need to unless I was stranded in the snow in a very barren region. There is all sorts of food all around us in nature. There is an abundance of edible plants out there all around us, but most people just do not realise what they can and cannot eat!

That's a pretty shocking story and i'm not sure I would do that but you don't quite know these things untill it actually happens so maybe to ensure my survival I would.

Donner Party of 5...lol No I would not don't get me started about what the bible says, about blood alone, I'd die before I did this.

Hello AndrewFreyne, What made you think of this now? I cant say what Id do or wouldnt do. One might think they wouldnt go to that extreme and then when in that situation, go the opposite route. I hope I never have to take that decision. I honestly cant say what Id do. But whatever those people did, I most certainly dont judge them. Ive seen that movie and it was horrible to see them try to come to a decision. But if they survived that crash, there must have been a good reason. God works in mysterious ways sometimes. Im wondering how those people who survived managed after they were rescued and if it changed them.

its a hard one because what if the person you decide to eat has a disease then what? have a rule, know everything about the person you are going to eat. add that to your survival

I've been asked that question before and I don't think I would LoL by the time I would be done I think I would just puke it all out so either way I think it would be a waste haha yuck

[b]Never. I wouldn't even eat a pet to stay alive, let alone a human! My soul's too valuable to do such a horrific thing! How does that saying in one of the bible's books go? "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world if he loses his own soul?" People don't like to hear this, but there are standards & absolutes. It would make me a cannibal to eat a fellow human, & I'd be sending myself straight to hell to let my stomach rule my soul. Hideous notion! {shudder!} What would I do? Well, prayer, real prayer, is literal food for the soul. During fast seasons, we Orthodox are taught to subdue hunger & other passions. Prayer is an action that fortifies us. If you devote yourself to deep prayer, you don't feel the hunger. I know this from long experience. So that's what I'd do. You'd be safe on a desert island (or in frozen "Donner Pass) with me. Maggiepie IMPEACH HIM.[/b]

It is definitely a horrible thing to even contemplate, but, most of us, if we were honest with ourselves would do whatever it takes to survive. As unpleasant as that thought is. At the same time, I've fasted before, so, I think I would be able to hold off until the very end. Let's hope it never gets to that for us. Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

The subject is gross but it happens, me myself in this situation if the body was decaying forget it but like those people in the story, they were in the snow that makes a big difference and then uncooked I don't know, but I guess I would, hunger is a mean thing!

I don't know what I would do. I hope I'm never in that situation. You can't blame someone for doing what they need to do in order to survive.

I think I will go to that extent as a last resort. After I fail to find any trees or leaves or any other things, I will resort to that.