‘No, Frank, you can’t eat me. Get the hell out of my BBQ. I don’t care if you made a delicious dry rub designed specifically for human flesh.’
I have no moral qualms with eating people, however I am an anti-cannibal for practical reasons.
Think of cannibalism in the same sense that we think of driving. There is an inherent level of trust when we drive. If too many people start ignoring the rules, running red lights for example, it leads to traffic jams, and a general break down of the entire system. Likewise if we start eating anyone at will, society simply won’t be able to function. The trust is lost, and we become one of those horrible backward-ass third world countries.
Legislation governing cannibalism wouldn’t work either. Maybe we start a human farm, humans raised solely for the purpose of being eaten. The criteria for putting people in this farm would be far too subjective, and influenced by special interest groups. If something like this were to take effect a group like the NRA could come in, and set up some sort of human hunting league, which could lead to God knows what.
Just look at who cannibals are: Tribal people, the Congolese, and Liberians. Not any society I want to be a part of. So, don’t eat your neighbor, and have a Happy Halloween.
