Palin Says Polar Bears are Secure. Science Says They’re Eating One Another

Max Lindberg — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:05:37 +0000

Sarah Palin has said many times that the polar bear habitat is safe, and there’s no need to classify them as a “threatened” species. Yet today comes word that as the Arctic sea ice melts, polar bears are finding less and less food sources and are beginning to cannibalize one another.

Save for Mad Cow Disease, Cannibalism Makes Art and Survival Sense

Sam Aola Ooko — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:33:53 +0000

Cannibalism has never been a widely accepted art form but when, in 2003, Zhu Yu, a Chinese man, ate a still born baby and filmed himself at it, he called it an art and found nothing wrong with his act. The British Channel 4 TV actually broadcast the Beijing Swings footage and earned a censure from the Independent Television Commission for showing a “lack of respect for human dignity” and having “exceeded the boundaries of acceptability.”

“The broadcast of such images raises serious questions, not only about the morality of the artists in using dead babies in pursuit of their artistic expression, but of the broadcasters’ responsibility not to infringe their dignity,” ITC said.

Cannibalism can be more than art as has been documented among the Yanomami, Coaque and Anasazi Indians. Beth Conklin, an American anthropologist concluded in 2001 that cannibalism had a human face after spending time with the Wari’ Indians in the Amazon.

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Palin Says Polar Bears are Secure. Science Says They’re Eating One Another

Save for Mad Cow Disease, Cannibalism Makes Art and Survival Sense