Humans On The Menu? Senate Battle Continues
Kyoto, Yamatai - While the recently-passed Marine Life Protection Act took intelligent seafaring mammals like dolphins and whales off the table, a measure to prevent consumption of sapient beings like Elysians and Human beings has not been passed so easily. The initial proposed law would make it a crime to willingly and knowingly consume the flesh of our fellow sapient (intelligent and self-aware) beings, with an exception for persons that want--for whatever reason--to give consent to their would-be consumers. While this seems simple, there have been a number of alterations suggested to include emergency survival situations and other extenuating circumstances. Due to disagreements, there have actually been a number of "NO" votes.
Consumption of NMX rations is already prohibited in the Star Army of Yamatai by orders. The meat found in them is shipped to a special identification facility. Confirming deaths by DNA idenification helps gives families closure.
Legal analysts are worried. "If the law does not pass," says Hironobu Tanaka, a Kyoto law professor, "It highlights the current lack of an anti-cannibalism law and would essentially give the green light to eat cannibal foods such as captured Mishhuvurthyar rations, which contain the bodies of captured peoples from Yamatai and the YSE. In these times of food shortage, the temptation is definiately there for some people. But it could be their kid in that can."
Kyoto, Yamatai - While the recently-passed Marine Life Protection Act took intelligent seafaring mammals like dolphins and whales off the table, a measure to prevent consumption of sapient beings like Elysians and Human beings has not been passed so easily. The initial proposed law would make it a crime to willingly and knowingly consume the flesh of our fellow sapient (intelligent and self-aware) beings, with an exception for persons that want--for whatever reason--to give consent to their would-be consumers. While this seems simple, there have been a number of alterations suggested to include emergency survival situations and other extenuating circumstances. Due to disagreements, there have actually been a number of "NO" votes.
Consumption of NMX rations is already prohibited in the Star Army of Yamatai by orders. The meat found in them is shipped to a special identification facility. Confirming deaths by DNA idenification helps gives families closure.
Legal analysts are worried. "If the law does not pass," says Hironobu Tanaka, a Kyoto law professor, "It highlights the current lack of an anti-cannibalism law and would essentially give the green light to eat cannibal foods such as captured Mishhuvurthyar rations, which contain the bodies of captured peoples from Yamatai and the YSE. In these times of food shortage, the temptation is definiately there for some people. But it could be their kid in that can."
