Of course I’m not in favor of gun control, at least not as it currently exists, and the conditions under which I would support it are also conditions in which it wouldn’t come up. But I do oppose murdering people. As one of the DRT philosophers, Brooke Shields, noted “If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.” How true! So, how do we deal with murders in which guns are used? Very simple, and I’m surprised it took me this long to figure it out. The murderer has to eat what he kills. All of it. I know this might trouble the families of the victims. However as deterrence goes this is pretty hard to top. Civic-minded people could take special care to make themselves inedible. People who are majestically proportioned would have fewer concerns than they do at present. It’s possible that we might see a slight rise in cannibalism, but no legislation is perfect and I suspect the decline in the murder rate would make it tolerable.
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I fail to see why this would hold murderers back..
I grant that it might not. And please note that I conceded, already, the possibility that cannibalism would increase. But the forced consumption of the entire corpse would give most murderers second thoughts about subsequent murders.
We all like to think of ourselves and our friends as the sort of people whom one might call delicious, albeit without intending to cook them or consume them as sashimi. But experienced cannibals confirm that Long Pork is an acquired taste. It does NOT taste just like chicken.
Given what human beings eat on a regular basis, we would probably be top ranking carcinogens to murderers. Isn’t this just the same as a death sentence, but drawn out and using utensils?
I guess it would be, come to think. However, this puts a passive deterrent more firmly in the control of anyone who doesn’t wish to be murdered. I’d like to think that my murderer would have a series of heavy duty hallucinogenic experiences, followed by long, lingering horrible demise.
Your posting makes me think I should up my daily LSD consumption… Another question though: Are we talking eating raw or cooked? Making a passable sushi out of Billy Bob might be tough, but turning him into chili would probably be damn easy. Are we to go easy on the perpetrators and let them decide how to prepare their victims before consumption?
Those are tough questions. Mercy is often a virtue, and it’s possible that leaving the preparation to the perps would enhance the civic good, if only because it makes them take personal responsibility. But I’m inclined to say they’ve earned nothing better than Billy Bob raw.
Justice is often hard to digest. But as a potential entree, I feel more secure in that.