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cannibalism

ka nuh buh li zuhm

  • n  the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind

  • An anthropologist says cannibalism is a myth Columbus, greeted by the peaceful Arawaks on Hispaniola, was immediately warned about the man-eating Caribs on nearby islands.
  • Dahmer's crimes raised several inchoate fears and revulsions: cannibalism, sexuality, class and race -- most of his victims were poor, African-American, Asian or Latino, while .
  • They still encounter an occasional intimation of cannibalism.
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  • James Stewart in United Press International
    Not only did you murder your victim by cutting his throat and stabbing him but you cut him up, cooked him and ate part of him,Stewart said. "Before this case I had associated cannibalism with eras long gone, with the tale of Robinson...
  • Boris Johnson in BBC News
    Mr Johnson wrote: "For 10 years we in the Tory Party have become used to Papua New Guinea-style orgies of cannibalism and chief-killing, and so it is with a happy amazement that we watch as the madness engulfs the Labour Party."
  • Gavin Wanganeen in Herald Sun
    I don't find it funny especially when it's so public,Wanganeen said. "There was no such thing as cannibalism in the Aboriginal race so why say something like that? It's sad it's come up again when we have come such a long way."

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