<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/01/jamestown-cannibalism/2126421/>

They didn't mention ketchup, btw ...

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

On May 2, 1:50*pm, Michael Kuettner > wrote:
> <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/01/jamestown-cannib...>
>
> They didn't mention ketchup, btw ...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Kuettner

It's a British thing, I wouldn't understand.

Regina v. Dudley and Stephens (1884)

Citation. 14 Q.B.D. 273 (Queen’s Bench Division. 1884).

Brief Fact Summary. Dudley and Stephens (defendants) murdered a fellow
young seaman (Parker) in order to save their own lives from
starvation. They were found guilty of murder.

Synopsis of Rule of Law. Killing an innocent life to save one’s own
does not justify murder even if it under extreme necessity of hunger.

Facts. Dudley and Stephens along with Brooks and Parker(victim) were
cast away at sea without weeks of food and water except for some
turnips and a turtle. After twenty days, Dudley and Stephens proposed
one person sacrifice himself in order to save the rest. Brooks
dissented while Dudley and Stephens decided to kill Parker since he
was the weakest and youngest. On the 25th of July, seeing no rescue in
sight, the two men killed Parker and the three men feasted on his
body. Four days later a vessel rescued them and Dudley and Stephens
were charged with murder.

Issue. Whether the killing of Parker was murder considering the
circumstances of this case

Held. Yes it is murder. Stephens and Dudley to be sentenced to death.
The necessity of hunger does not justify larceny, let alone murder.
Stephens and Dudley chose the weakest and youngest to kill and it was
not more necessary to kill him than any of the other grown men.

Stephens and Dudley were tempted to kill Parker but temptation itself
is not an excuse for murdering him. Their unfortunate circumstances
also do not lend leniency to the legal definition of murder.

Content
Discussion. As necessary the circumstances seemed where sacrificing
one’s life would save the rest, that itself does not justify murder.
The fact that Dudley and Stephens chose the weakest person to be the
victim also does not justify that Parker could not have survived.
Instead, by killing him, it is only making certain that he had no
chance of survival.

http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/c...-and-stephens/

spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On May 2, 1:50?pm, Michael Kuettner > wrote:
>> <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/01/jamestown-cannib...>
>>
>> They didn't mention ketchup, btw ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michael Kuettner
>
> It's a British thing, I wouldn't understand.

I thought of this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankli...ost_expedition

On Fri, 3 May 2013 05:04:34 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:

> spamtrap1888 wrote:
> > On May 2, 1:50?pm, Michael Kuettner > wrote:
> >> <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/01/jamestown-cannib...>
> >>
> >> They didn't mention ketchup, btw ...
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Michael Kuettner
> >
> > It's a British thing, I wouldn't understand.
>
> I thought of this
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankli...ost_expedition

You do what you have to do to stay alive.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On May 2, 10:04*pm, tert in seattle > wrote:
> spamtrap1888 wrote:
> > On May 2, 1:50?pm, Michael Kuettner > wrote:
> >> <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/01/jamestown-cannib....>
>
> >> They didn't mention ketchup, btw ...
>
> >> Cheers,
>
> >> Michael Kuettner
>
> > It's a British thing, I wouldn't understand.
>
> I thought of this
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankli...ost_expedition

When you're ordering five years worth of canned food, don't go with
the lowest bidder.