Real Cannibals discuss the person they ate and why

spoco2says...

This is the horrible truth of ignorance.

They had no explanation of why a boy died. It could have been all sorts of things, maybe it was an animal sting, maybe he got an infection, maybe he had a hereditary disease... but they are ignorant of the cause, and feel they must blame something. That something was a 'sorcerer', and he paid with his life in a savage way.

It's horrible, and you can definitely draw parallels with some religious groups blaming various natural events on 'the gays'.

And it was bugging me greatly as to who was doing the voice over until it finally clicked that it is Jonathan Price

dagsays...

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

This is where religion comes from. It's just a slightly more nuanced superstition.

Christians don't actually eat the body of Christ.

Anyone who thinks this isn't the same thing -- and that their faith is the special one true thing -- is a solipsistic fool.

kranzfakfasays...

This has some very interesting parallels with legends like vampires. Mysterious illness caused by a predatory and dangerous mystical creature that attacks when no one is watching. The difference is you don't just kill it, you must also consume it to take back what it stole.

Who knows, maybe in 300 years these guys will be writing novels about sorcerers that sparkle in daylight and "eat" easily impressed female teens...

bareboards2says...

I was struck by the self justification. "He started it." And how they dehumanized the sorcerer -- literally not human -- in order to take their revenge.

How so fully human all their behavior is -- I see the same logic and reactions on the Sift all the time. (I don't exempt myself either -- especially the "he started it" reasoning.)

v1k1n6says...

I wonder if the "sorcerer" knew he was a sorcerer. Or is it like the Salem witch trails? I picture this, tribal style.

Someone should tell that guy his balls are showing. Bumble bee tuna.

kymbossays...

Man, I read the title as 'Cannabis discuss the person they ate and why". I thought this was going to be some absurdist Onion thing about people getting high and thinking they were consumed by the cannabis, not the other way around.

I was eating a curry while watching them talk about eating organs.

On the whole, while interesting, this has been a total bummer. One star.

treatsays...

>> ^BoneRemake:

Savage backwards people, at least they are a step above Christians.


Atheists, Christians and cannibals each fervently adhere to what they believe to be objective reality in this stupid, confused existence they pretend to understand. Only difference is the cannibals are actually remotely humble about it.

MaxWildersays...

>> ^treat:

>> ^BoneRemake:
Savage backwards people, at least they are a step above Christians.

Atheists, Christians and cannibals each fervently adhere to what they believe to be objective reality in this stupid, confused existence they pretend to understand. Only difference is the cannibals are actually remotely humble about it.


Humility is knowing that you could be wrong and seeking tangible evidence to support your position. That's science.

Which of the three groups you listed actively seek out tangible evidence, and which simply regurgitate what others told them and run it through their minds on a loop in order to support their untenable position?

The cannibals and Christians project a false humility while clinging to empty superstitions, but they are actually too prideful to admit they might be wrong about what they believe. Of course I'm only assuming that the cannibals are doing that. I could be wrong about them.

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