Posted on 04/19/2024 1:12:51 PM PDT by algore
Outraged Papua New Guinea academics have slammed President Joe Biden for his 'unacceptable' suggestion that his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the country after his plane was shot down during World War II.
Biden implied on two occasions Wednesday that his maternal uncle 2nd Lieutenant Ambrose J. Finnegan had met a grisly end at the hands of cannibals after his plane was shot down by the enemy over New Guinea in 1944.
But the White House and official defense records confirmed that Finnegan died when the military plane he was in experienced engine failure and crashed into the Pacific Ocean, not over land.
Historically, cannibalism has been reported Papua New Guinea, the Pacific nation that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, but local academics say Biden's categorization of the act is 'very offensive'.
Michael Kabuni, a political science lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea, told The Guardian cannibalism was previously practiced by some communities in very specific contexts and that locals 'wouldn't just eat any white men that fell from the sky'.
Other analysts branded Biden's claims as 'unsubstantiated and poorly judged', especially during a time in which the US has been trying to strengthen its ties with Papua New Guinea.
Kabuni argued that the Melanesian people, which includes the those from Papua New Guinea, are 'very proud' and would be offended by Biden's generalization of cannibalism.
He explained how cannibalism was not practiced due to a lack of food, but instead as a sign of respect in very specific contexts - such as eating a deceased relative's body to prevent it from decomposing.
'But taking it out of context, and implying that your [uncle] jumps out of the plane and somehow we think it's a good meal is unacceptable,' he added.
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Even people in New Guinea know that Joe is a liar.
lol libtards believe him
Cannibals didn’t like smokers.................
“such as eating a deceased relative’s body to prevent it from decomposing.”
I’ll pass. Cremation works just fine.
I once attended a garden party that featured a New Guinea traditional cookout. The food was cooked by being placed on heated rocks and buried for a long time.
Being a bore, I made a smart-ass remark about checking out the meat before actually eating it to make sure none of the local homeless people were missing.
The Papua native was not offended and calmly said she and her group were not cannibals. Those people, she stated, lived on the other side of the island.
The other “White” meat. ;)
It always happened “on the other side of the island.” Lol.
Haha! Great answer!
What happens on the other side of the island,
stays on the other side of the island!
Libtards believe anything a fellow libtard tells them..its amazing how Joe biden could make a racist statement about blacks eating his uncle and not get called a racist by the communist media
who knew that cannibals were picky eaters ...
Lions, tigers and bears!! Oh yeah, cannibals!! They ate my uncle. Slow roasted him over a fire pit for days, while he was still alive!!! I led an expedition to find him, but there were only some bones left. Didn’t have dumbna yet.
That’s because if you eat a man, who consume his soul.
Biden’s tale also runs contrary to every bit out of World War II history I’ve read, and I read a lot. Granted, some of the New Guinea tribes practiced cannibalism, but there is no indication that they actually included American soldiers among their victims. Indeed, those natives and American service people generally got along quite well, especially because of all the goodies we gave them. Looks like Pedo Joe doesn’t really know much about American history.
Long pig tastes like Spam. Or so I’ve been told.
(That happened on the other side of the island, not the part which is now Papua New Guinea.)
After all, the dead guy could be a Democrat!
America always tried to put out a reward system for taking care of downed pilots and found Americans.
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