Why is baby eating illegal?

Art Vandelay said:
Are you suggesting that chicken embryos are a common food?
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The fried chicken embryo was a delicacy celebrated by this family who came from... France.

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It's illegal because food companies would lose their control (monopoly) over the extraction of baby fat, and we all know that baby fat is what makes all food tasty.
 
Jorghnassen said:
It's illegal because food companies would lose their control (monopoly) over the extraction of baby fat, and we all know that baby fat is what makes all food tasty.
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And think of the baby oil shortages!
 
Zygar said:
No one seems to have mentioned the side note. Why can't we buy and eat abortus? I can't think of a specific reason.
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Because most people want things they find disgusting to be illegal. If they find something disgusting enough, it doesn't matter if it doesn't really hurt anyone. They still think it should be illegal. Many laws about sex, and things related to sex (like marriage) are based on the same thing.

When I saw this thread, I thought it was going to be about something else: Why isn't it allowed to kill and eat babies? One obivous answer is that their parents wouldn't like it. But suppose that they did. (I know, I know, that would be totally sick, but still...) Does a human infant have a higher level of consciousness than a pig or a cow that's old enough to be slaughtered? I don't consider this an argument for using human babies for food, but maybe it's an argument against eating pigs and cows?

gnome said:
As long as we're asking outrageous questions... here's one I'm curious about (from a legal standpoint)... as horrible as it was, in situations (historically, or in some weird nation) where rape was not a crime ... (for example, when it was not a crime to rape one's wife)... how much... er, "defense" was permissible on the part of the victim? Could the victim be charged with assault and battery if they fought off the rapist?
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I'm curious about this too. This question reminds me about something I read about a couple of years ago. A French woman in Egypt (I think, but it may have been some other muslim country) was raped by three men. She went to the police and they arrested her for the group sex thing. If I remember the story correctly, she was able to tell the police who the men were, but none of them was charged with anything. When I read about it she had already spent some time locked up, but no trial had been held yet. I don't know what happened after that, but perhaps someone else here does.
 
Puppycow said:
I didn't even want to cut the umbilical cord for my kids. I was in the room with teh wife, but I tried to avoid looking at anything like the afterbirth or holding the baby until the nurse toweled it off.
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Mine had nothing to do with revulsion, I calmly sat and watched 3 episiotomies [now THAT feels weird, seeing your favourite place in the world being cut up like schnitzel], 2 forceps deliveries + a ventousse without any problem.

Would've been the same as cutting her toenails - just something I wouldn't rate highly enough to volunteer to do. I would have had no problem if I'd had to, but it just meant nothing to me, a piece of dead blood and .... other stuff. Lots of fathers cry at that stage. Soft bastards.
 
The Atheist said:
I would have had no problem if I'd had to, but it just meant nothing to me, a piece of dead blood and .... other stuff. Lots of fathers cry at that stage. Soft bastards.
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Actually, it was more indifference than quesiness in my case too. I don't go in much for symbolism or ceremonies. When we got married, that too was quite minimalistic. I wore a suit, and my wife a white dress (no train) and we exchanged rings and vows in front a judge, not a minister. No cake, no gifts, no guests. Our witnesses were strangers who also were getting married and we witnessed for them. They were even less formal, in shorts and t-shirts.

I didn't feel like cutting the umbilical cord had any important meaning for me, so I took a pass.
 
Puppycow said:
Actually, it was more indifference than quesiness in my case too. I don't go in much for symbolism or ceremonies. When we got married, that too was quite minimalistic. I wore a suit, and my wife a white dress (no train) and we exchanged rings and vows in front a judge, not a minister. No cake, no gifts, no guests. Our witnesses were strangers who also were getting married and we witnessed for them. They were even less formal, in shorts and t-shirts.

I didn't feel like cutting the umbilical cord had any important meaning for me, so I took a pass.
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Classic!

We are brothers across the Pacific! My marriage was so low key that the only guests - my wife's family and my wife's best friend - turned up thinking we were taking them out to dinner. We had a private room for 12, the JP turned up and it was over in about 8 minutes. My boy from the previous marriage, aged 8, and my wife's best friend served as witnesses.

We did have a cake though, we're both quite partial to nice fruit cake!
 
The Atheist said:
Classic!

We are brothers across the Pacific! My marriage was so low key that the only guests - my wife's family and my wife's best friend - turned up thinking we were taking them out to dinner. We had a private room for 12, the JP turned up and it was over in about 8 minutes. My boy from the previous marriage, aged 8, and my wife's best friend served as witnesses.

We did have a cake though, we're both quite partial to nice fruit cake!
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Yes, I think so. This may also be a big part of why we are athiests. Religion holds little charm if you're not really into symbolism, ceremonies and gatherings.
 
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