re: #524 stuiec

Fijians used to eat their captives piece by piece, so that the captive’s suffering was maximized. They’d often taunt the captive by offering him a piece of his own flesh.

On other South Pacific islands, ritual eating of the brains of deceased relatives (a sign of respect) led to the propagation of kuru, now called Crutzfeld-Jakob’s Disease, the human equivalent of mad cow.

Ain’t no party like a long pig party!

I thought the Fijians story was just a legend—thanks for the correction.