ETHICS OF CANNIBALISM
Tho civilised world is agreed in regarding the practice of cannibalism as reprehensible 1111(1 detestable. Hut nil article in tile "Gazette <le llollande" is devoted 10 proving that tho popular ideas of cannil, and in particular of its motives, 'ire completely fnl=c. 'I'lie cannibal is generally represented as a degraded dving led to an inhumaii practice liy the grossiuss of his appetites. On the contrary, insists (lie Dutch writer, the vaM majority of cannibals are such against their own wishes, obeying the voice of sentiment. Some respected the dead maii during his life, and arc anxious to ensure 11 worthy burial for him. Others are prompted by liio desire tn acv'milate tho dead man's virtues in I lie procc>s of digestion; while n third class are actuntcd bv motives of revenge, and find their satisfaction in this supreme insult. Either pielv or vengeance is the cause of cannibalism.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1741, 5 May 1913, Page 3
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151ETHICS OF CANNIBALISM Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1741, 5 May 1913, Page 3
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