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{{Mature}}[[File: | {{Mature}}[[File:Cannibals.jpg|thumb|288px|link=Special:FilePath/Cannibals.jpg]]{{Quote|I ate someone with a tattoo once. Once. The ink made the meat taste like shit.|[[Jeffrey Dahmer]], an infamous cannibal and serial killer.}} | ||
'''Cannibalism''' is the practice of someone or something eating the same species as itself. Humans have practiced cannibalism for thousands of years, and in some ancient societies, it was considered perfectly acceptable, much like [[Human Sacrifice|human sacrifice]]. However, during modern times, cannibalism has become more associated with [[Mental Disorders|mental disorder]] and is considered violent, barbaric, and depraved by most of society today. | '''Cannibalism''' is the practice of someone or something eating the same species as itself. Humans have practiced cannibalism for thousands of years, and in some ancient societies, it was considered perfectly acceptable, much like [[Human Sacrifice|human sacrifice]]. However, during modern times, cannibalism has become more associated with [[Mental Disorders|mental disorder]] and is considered violent, barbaric, and depraved by most of society today. | ||
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==Other incidents of cannibalism== | ==Other incidents of cannibalism== | ||
*There have been reports of Japanese soldiers eating the organs of Chinese soldiers and prisoners of war during the [[Rape of Nanking]]. | *There have been reports of Japanese soldiers eating the organs of Chinese soldiers and prisoners of war during the [[Rape of Nanking]]. | ||
*During the last few years of the Second Congo War, | *During the last few years of the Second Congo War, Mbuti pygmies were hunted down and eaten by both sides in the conflict, who regarded them as subhuman. Sinafasi Makelo, a representative of Mbuti pygmies, appealed to the United Nations Security Council to recognize cannibalism as both a [[crime against humanity]] and an act of [[genocide]]. | ||
*[[DINA]], the [[secret police]] of Chile during the [[Augusto Pinochet]] regime, were widely renowned for their extreme sadism and brutality. There are documented reports of DINA forcing prisoners of the [[concentration camp]]s they ran to cannibalize other prisoners when they died as a form of psychological [[torture]]. | *[[DINA]], the [[secret police]] of Chile during the [[Augusto Pinochet]] regime, were widely renowned for their extreme sadism and brutality. There are documented reports of DINA forcing prisoners of the [[concentration camp]]s they ran to cannibalize other prisoners when they died as a form of psychological [[torture]]. | ||
*There are widespread oral reports, and some official documentation, of cannibalism being practiced in various forms during the Great Chinese Famine (a product of dictator [[Mao Zedong]]'s "Great Leap Forward") from 1959 to 1961. Due to the scale of the famine, the resulting cannibalism has been described as "on a scale unprecedented in the history of the 20th century". | *There are widespread oral reports, and some official documentation, of cannibalism being practiced in various forms during the Great Chinese Famine (a product of dictator [[Mao Zedong]]'s "Great Leap Forward") from 1959 to 1961. Due to the scale of the famine, the resulting cannibalism has been described as "on a scale unprecedented in the history of the 20th century". | ||
*Many members of the [[Revolutionary United Front]] practiced cannibalism during the Sierra Leone Civil War. | *Many members of the [[Revolutionary United Front]] practiced cannibalism during the Sierra Leone Civil War. | ||
[[Category:Villainous Event]] | [[Category:Villainous Event]] | ||
[[Category:Murderer]] | [[Category:Murderer]] | ||
[[Category:Barbarians]] | [[Category:Barbarians]] | ||
[[Category:Cannibals | [[Category:Cannibals]] | ||
[[Category:Mentally Ill]] | [[Category:Mentally Ill]] | ||
[[Category:Criminals]] | [[Category:Criminals]] |