Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Ethics of Eating


Once a German crew was caught by Cannibalistic Amazon Forest Dwellers. Only one among the whole crew knew the language of the tribe. So he tried to explain that they were just there for trekking. But the tribesmen ignored his plea and started to kill and eat the crew members one by one. As he spoke their language, his life was spared. 

On the new moon celebration, the tribal chief had a meeting with the German in his court. The chief shared his adventurous anaconda hunts. The German, who was an Army General of Nazi Germany, smiled and recollected his role in Hitler’s army. He told that the Army under his command killed nearly 20,000 “enemies”.

Taken aback, the tribal chief asked him “How you managed to eat such a large amount of  people?”. The German replied “We have something called civilization, and we won’t eat human beings.” The chief, with a even more surprised voice told, “If killing such a vast number of people without the need to eat is called civilization, then our tribe never need it!” The German hung his head in disgrace as he realized what he had done for the first time in his life.

Based upon a story I read somewhere....

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