On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 9:50:07 PM UTC-4, Cheryl wrote:
> On 10/8/2015 11:32 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> >> I particularly love how they associate it with zombies, aliens and
> >> complete lunatics of one type or another. My Ukrainian grandmother
> >> still keeps suitcase of tinned food under the bed, because she knows
> >> what it's like to starve and witnessed cannibalism as a daily event.
> >
> > I have canned food in the pantry. I don't have to hide food under my
> > bed. Never ran into a cannibal.
>
> In harder times I actually can imagine starving people resorting to
> cannibalism even if it never crossed their mind before. We as humans
> have a survival instinct that is not unlike other animals.

It is exactly like other animals, because we're animals.

Cindy Hamilton