Friday, August 27, 2010

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww........

From Slate:

German "Cannibal" Restaurant Requests Body-Part Donations

Politicians aren't sure if it's a tasteless stunt or simply a bad idea, but either way, a soon-to-open Berlin restaurant has attracted attention by implying that human meat will be on the menu. The restaurant, Flimé, has taken out ads in German papers calling for "members" to "donate" whatever body parts they like, provided they submit medical records. "Flimé only covers the costs for hospitalization," an ad on the website informs interested parties, adding, "the designated use of the donated body part is free to Flimé." Elsewhere on the site, proprietors say that they're looking to hire an "open-minded surgeon." The campaign has sparked outrage in Berlin, where the vice-chairman of the Christian Democrat Party recently denounced it in the press. "I'm working on the assumption that this is some sort of a warped joke," Michael Braun told a local paper. "But it's disgusting, not least because it wasn't long ago that we had the case of the Berliner who was murdered by a cannibal." Speaking to Der Spiegel, Flimé spokesmen insist that the restaurant is not a hoax, citing the Brazilian Waricaca tribe as inspiration for the so-called "Wari cuisine." According to the Guardian, the tribe "once practiced the ritual of 'compassionate cannibalism,' or eating parts of the corpse of a loved one to emphasize the connection between the living and the dead."

Read original story in Der Spiegel

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:45 AM

    Those crazy Germans... Wait, I'm 1/2 German. Please pass the forearm. -Chris

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  2. Say what?! That nasty.

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