Newsweek: ‘Embrace Cannibalism to Fight Climate Change’
Two British psychology professors have put forth a shocking proposal in a Newsweek opinion piece published on Tuesday.
Jared Piazza and Neil McLatchie, psychology professors at Lancaster University, have proposed that ordinary people embrace cannibalism in order to provide an alternative to meat consumption that they see as environmentally destructive.
Piazza and McLatchie rationalize their consideration of cannibalism by pointing out that other mammals practice it, including rodents, bears and chimpanzees. It seems to escape the British academics that only a sentient species such as mankind is able to fully experience a sense of repulsion at the idea of eating human flesh.
The British academics left it totally unclear how they imagine the hypothetical cannibalism they’re coyly suggesting occurring.
The academics’ proposal is the latest in a string of think-pieces in corporate establishment media suggesting that ordinary everyday people cease consuming conventional meats, on account of their supposedly destructive impact on the environment.
The most common proposal from meat opponents is to suggest that the masses take up an insect-based diet instead. Major media companies such as the Washington Post regularly publish supposedly “insightful” op-eds suggesting millions of people switch to eating insects, despite a completely negligible desire for such a diet among the general public in most western countries. (A few nations in Asia have some insect-based dishes.)
It generally escapes the institutional media elite that the billionaires funding them are among the most environmentally destructive and wasteful people on the planet, regularly emitting tons of carbon into the atmosphere from sprawling mansions and frequent private plane trips.
The liberal oligarch elites envision a world in which the masses are compelled to live in a fashion similar to beasts, through supposedly “environmentally friendly” cannibalism and an insect-based diet. But don’t think for a second they’ll even consider giving up their annual private jet getaway to Davos.
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Ken Hughes
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“SOYLENT GREEN” – Charlton Heston
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Ken Hughes
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…’and, we all know what happened to cows when we fed them cows.
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Andy Rowlands
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Hi Ken, I think you’re referring to the BSE epidemic? The problem there was not feeding cows to cows, it was feeding infected sheep to cows. Sheep have a disease commonly referred to as ‘Scrapie’, which was destroyed when their carcases were processed into cow feed. However, it was found that we couldn’t produce enough feed for cows, so the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries persuaded Margaret Thatcher to sanction a reduction of the ‘cycle time’ of the processing, enabling more feed to be produced. This had the unfortunate effect of allowing some of the Scrapie agent to survive and thus cows were infected, creating BSE. It was thought the so-called ‘species barrier’ would prevent such transmission from one species to another, but we have since learned that as well as the sheep-cow effect, AIDS originated in Simians before passing into humans through things like low-quality burgers. BSE then passed into humans, creating what’s known as ‘New Variant CJD’. Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) was already known to appear spontaneously in humans, but was found to be less ‘potent’ than New Variant, and I believe there is as yet no cure or treatment. One of my Dad’s friends was diagnosed with the ‘natural’ form of CJD some years back, and Dad found there was a CJD monitoring organisation in Edinburgh, and corresponded at length with their then chief Dr Robert Will, who subsequently appeared on two Horizon documentaries about CJD & BSE. The incubation period for CJD was thought to be around 30 years, so they were expecting more cases to start appearing around now. It was also mentioned that human growth treatments contained beef extracts, so there was concern people who needed growth treatments may become victims of CJD.
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Andy Rowlands
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Sorry, that should say BSE passed into humans through things like low-quality burgers.
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tom0mason
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If Jared Piazza and Neil McLatchie ask if you want to eat out or stay in, be very careful about your reply.
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Graeme Mochrie
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When I go out hunting next weekend, what is the best short of human to eat? Big fat executives?
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