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[marbatico]

Captain Jazz wrote...

bobobo878 wrote...

marbatico wrote...

were not more intelligent, we just cant uderstand animal speach.

lol wut?

I second that lol wut?
I can understand cat speech fluently.

ok, let me rephrase that: normal humans just cant uderstand animal speach.

[ObserverStatus]

marbatico wrote...

Captain Jazz wrote...

bobobo878 wrote...

marbatico wrote...

were not more intelligent, we just cant uderstand animal speach.

lol wut?

I second that lol wut?
I can understand cat speech fluently.

ok, let me rephrase that: normal humans just cant uderstand animal speach.

No seriously, I babysat a friend's dog last week and it was dumber than anyone I'd ever met.

[Captain Jazz]

Adriano87 wrote...

WTS is canabalismus?

It's a thin strip of canabaland between two larger canabaland masses, right?

[ObserverStatus]

randumb vanguard wrote...

bobobo878 wrote...

marbatico wrote...

Captain Jazz wrote...

bobobo878 wrote...

marbatico wrote...

were not more intelligent, we just cant uderstand animal speach.

lol wut?

I second that lol wut?
I can understand cat speech fluently.

ok, let me rephrase that: normal humans just cant uderstand animal speach.

No seriously, I babysat a friend's dog last week and it was dumber than anyone I'd ever met.

first day on the internet?

Ok, let me rephrase that, dumber than anyone I've met in person. lol

[Captain Jazz]

randumb vanguard wrote...

bobobo878 wrote...

No seriously, I babysat a friend's dog last week and it was dumber than anyone I'd ever met.

first day on the internet?

You know perfectly well that there are no people on the internet.

[ObserverStatus]

Ok back on topic, who are we going to eat at Darth Jayder's barbecue?

[Archdemon Cthulhu]

Captain Jazz wrote...

Archdemon Cthulhu wrote...

JHorwath wrote...

I disagree.  Humans are not animals.  We have the capacity to think and act beyond instincts.  So, you are kind of wrong.

This is scientifically incorrect.  Humans just happen to have the most evolved brain of the animal species, but we share the vast majority of our genetic material with other animals.

That said, cannibalism is bad.  Not because of an imaginary "higher power" or because of a "crime against nature".  It's ad because it's unhealthy can cause many problems physically.  It's unsanitary and disgusting. 

That is also scientifically incorrect. The human brain is not "the most evolved brain" it's simply the brain that evolved in such a way to give us our awareness and intelligence. It's like our legs - they're no less evolved than the legs of a cheetah, they're just evolved toward bipedal, upright motion rather than short distance quadrapedal sprinting...
/pedant

(I'm sorry, but if you're gonna pick at other people's mistakes...)
Humans are still 'just' animals though, so that part is accurate.

I wasn't picking, I was disagreeing with him on an essential part of his argument.  And You're right, but I just used the term "more evolved" as to say that we evolved to the point of awareness in such a way that was both short to type and easy to understand.  While technically speaking incorrect, it is a turn of phrase that is often employed and understood.

As for JHorwath, if you knew very well that humans were animals and understood genetics, why would you ask me to prove such a statement?

[Captain Jazz]

Archdemon Cthulhu wrote...

Captain Jazz wrote...

That is also scientifically incorrect. The human brain is not "the most evolved brain" it's simply the brain that evolved in such a way to give us our awareness and intelligence. It's like our legs - they're no less evolved than the legs of a cheetah, they're just evolved toward bipedal, upright motion rather than short distance quadrapedal sprinting...
/pedant

(I'm sorry, but if you're gonna pick at other people's mistakes...)
Humans are still 'just' animals though, so that part is accurate.

I wasn't picking, I was disagreeing with him on an essential part of his argument.  And You're right, but I just used the term "more evolved" as to say that we evolved to the point of awareness in such a way that was both short to type and easy to understand.  While technically speaking incorrect, it is a turn of phrase that is often employed and understood.

As for JHorwath, if you knew very well that humans were animals and understood genetics, why would you ask me to prove such a statement?

Because demanding proof is the best way to win arguments with impatient or busy people on the internet and since you can just call them a liar if they do prove it, it doesn't harm your cause when they take the time to do so...
I'm probably being very unfair to JHorwath... oh well.

Sorry for being picky, it's a reflex action on my part to get pissy with people who say "that's innacurate" and then say something innacurate, even when it's just for the sake of brevity... my bad (but terms like "more evolved" lead people to believe that we're uniformly superior to other animals instead of just superior in our use of tools and language so I still feel totally justified in being a pedantic dick, ah-HA!)

[Daewan]

Cruel interjection: You're all descended from cannibals. Somewhere in your ancestry, someone ate human flesh either as part of a ritual or simply because they were just hungry and a body was lying around.

Heartless extrapolation: One of your descendants, if you have any, at some point, will probably be hungry enough to eat another human being, and will probably do so.

Have a nice day!

[Ryoko]

Canabilism is not okay for many reasons. You can get diseases by digesting the flesh of other human beings. Its desecrating the persons body. The Higher Power does not support it, please don't flame me about my beliefs. But, when it comes to terms of survival, like your with your mates, stranded in the middle of a ocean on a boat, and one of em' dies, so since you have no food you eat him (this what happened to my relative) then you have an excuse.

[ObserverStatus]

Daewan wrote...

Cruel interjection: You're all descended from cannibals. Somewhere in your ancestry, someone ate human flesh either as part of a ritual or simply because they were just hungry and a body was lying around.
Heartless extrapolation: One of your descendants, if you have any, at some point, will probably be hungry enough to eat another human being, and will probably do so.
Have a nice day!

My descendants will do what? Oh no!  There's only one way to stop this madness.

[chiliztri]

JHorwath wrote...

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

I don't really want to get into this debate, but you're wrong on this point.

Cannibalism of one's own species isn't uncommon in the natural world. Sure, not every creature does it and often it's usually only an animal eating its young for whatever reason, but to call it a "crime against nature" is a complete fallacy.

I disagree.  Humans are not animals.  We have the capacity to think and act beyond instincts.  So, you are kind of wrong.

Humans aren't animals? Yes, we are. We may be the most intelligent animal out there, but we are still animals. We share 98% or so of our DNA with chimps, and chimps are highly intelligent animals capabale of thinking.

[marbatico]

this is the reason i wanna be burned, no body left to eat.

[Wicked 702]

< *Is amazed that this thread hasn't been locked.*

[Sigma Tauri]

marbatico wrote...

this is the reason i wanna be burned, no body left to eat.

People could still drink your ashes.

[Wicked 702]

South Park showed us how great that works out too!

[Sigma Tauri]

lol. Ladder to heaven. Saw that last night again.

[Loerwyn]

chiliztri wrote...
Humans aren't animals? Yes, we are. We may be the most intelligent animal out there, but we are still animals. We share 98% or so of our DNA with chimps, and chimps are highly intelligent animals capabale of thinking.

The order of intelligence is Mice, Dolphins and then us

[Ryzaki]

...someone said humans weren't animals?



*is confused*



Then what the heck are we? Aliens?

[TheMufflon]

Ryzaki wrote...

...someone said humans weren't animals?

*is confused*

Then what the heck are we? Aliens?

A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.

Modifié par TheMufflon, 30 juin 2010 - 10:32 .

[vehzeel]

There are plenty of reasons of why it is frowned upon. I can give a few examples:

The risk of disease

It is not in most cultures i.e. outside the norm.

We tend to have a bond with the dead person and if not, then there are other things that stop us. That can be either cultural norms and/or empathy. Even when someone's dead, they're still considered a person to most people. Unless you lack empathy i.e. you're a sociopath, you must realise that the relatives to the dead person might get disturbed by the desecration.

We usually don't need the energy.

Dead people aren't considered resources to be exploited.





Such a hideous act like cannibalism threatens and scares a lot of people. Probably both what you did and that you show them what humans are really capable of. If you commit such a depraved act, that shows the society that you're mentally unstable and that you may commit other atrocities. You simply cannot control your base instincts.

If we, as humans, lack the mental barrier to eat our dead then lesser evils can, in time, also slip through. Then were do we stand?

It's not for nothing rape, murder, theft, incest and cannibalism are universally despised.





(Yeah, I know my arguments got a little blurry but I hey, English isn't my first language )