Cannibalism: For or Against?

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Wiki Overview - "The word cannibal comes from Spanish Caníbal (used first in plural Caníbales). The Carib tribe acquired a longstanding reputation as cannibals following the recording of their legends by Fr. Breton in the 17th century. Some controversy exists over the accuracy of these legends and the prevalence of actual cannibalism in the culture. According to a decree by Queen Isabella of Castile and also later under British colonial rule, slavery was considered to be illegal unless the people involved were so depraved that their conditions as slaves would be better than as free men. Demonstrations of cannibalistic tendencies were considered evidence of such depravity, and hence reports of cannibalism became widespread.[3] This legal requirement might have led to conquerors exaggerating the extent of cannibalistic practices, or inventing them altogether. The Korowai tribe of southeastern Papua could be one of the last surviving tribes in the world engaging in cannibalism. In many wars in Africa, cannibalism is said to occur commonly, although in peacetime it does not appear to happen except for isolated cases involving traditional medicine. Marvin Harris has analysed cannibalism and other food taboos. He argued that it was common when humans lived in small bands, but disappeared in the transition to states, the Aztecs being an exception. A well known case of mortuary cannibalism is that of the Foré tribe in New Guinea which resulted in the spread of the disease Kuru. It is well documented and not seriously questioned by modern anthropologists, except by those scholars arguing that although post-mortem dismemberment was the practice during funeral rites, cannibalism was not. Marvin Harris theorizes that it happened during a famine period coincident with the arrival of Europeans and was rationalized as a religious rite. In pre-modern medicine, an explanation for cannibalism stated that it came about within a black acrimonious humour, which, being lodged in the linings of the ventricle, produced the voracity for human flesh" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, after those notes found on the Wiki, I would add my own thoughts on it. I, personally, approve of such a motion, on the conditions that A. the brain isn't consumed, B. It isn't raw, C. We don't farm the meat. Eating the dead would be a way of saving land, because honestly, all the cemetaries are getting sorta crowded... We can't keep putting aside greater and greater amounts of land for the dead when the living hardly have room for themselves. It could be used to feed third world countries. *shrugs* It's a thought. What are your own thoughts on it?