Let’s have the neighbours round for dinner
IN an article titled ‘Our human ancestors often ate each other, and for surprising reasons’, the once-respected left-wing New Scientist magazine criticises those who are ‘harbouring problematic attitudes’ towards cannibalism. Michael Marshall writes: ‘Racist stereotypes of the cannibal were concocted to justify subjugation [by imperial and colonial settlers]’. TCW canvassed the opinions of various organisations concerning the legalisation of cannibalism. […]