Cannibal's video reveals mutilation and slaughter (Warning:Graphic text)

The Times (UK) ^ | 12/09/03 | Roger Boyes

[saquin]

Yikes. That's one jury I think I'd have to beg off of. I've read other articles about this story, but the description of the video is just.... damn. What a pair of freaks, both the cannibaliser and cannabalisee.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Gives a whole new level of unwanted meaning to the time-worn schoolyard taunt: "Oh, yeah? Well...eat me!" :)

[TheSpottedOwl]

“It wasn’t murder; it was a mercy killing,” an increasingly flustered Herr Meiwes told the court before the showing of the film. “I didn’t want to kill anybody or cause pain.”

Oh, he's flustered? Good almighty God. This is insane, and I hope everyone who had to watch that video receives counseling.

[Callahan]

I love how the Euros are always whining about us vulgar Americans. They'll probably blame this wiener-fest on "Baywatch".

[ladyinred]

Wondered if the video would confirm what this monster told the authorities. Guess it does. This is not human. This is just pure evil.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Just take him outside and shoot him.

Oops. I forgot, he's in Europe. No capital punishment allowed. Oh well, I hope he doesn't do it again when they release him in a couple of years.

[Az Joe]

Good thing the guy he ate wasn't Chinese.

[ThreeYearLurker]

Tastes like chicken, anyways.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Why oh why did I read this? I knew better. Yuck.

Makes you wonder when you are out in public, how close are you to sick people like this?

[xm177e2]

An expert on cannibalism, the writer Jacques Buval, is sure that the single-victim defence is untenable. “Cannibalism is a serial crime,” he told The Times, “If they let him free, he’ll do it again.”

That's just not true. I ate seven people in the 1980s, and I've hardly had even an arm or a leg since then.

[xm177e2]

What, "Cannibal," "Mutilation" and "Slaughter" weren't tip-offs?

[xm177e2]

If they put him on death row, would he fantasize about eating himself?

[Agnes Heep]

The cannibalism is completely beside the point. It's the murder that gets me. Almost sounds as if the victim were perfectly willing.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Is there a 12 step program for that?

[onedoug]

Another European for therepy.

[07055]

Well, I guess if the victim consented, there is nothing the authorities can do. After all, this was in the privacy of the guy's house. (sarcasm)

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

I wasnt expecting a "play by play" of the video and the whole "cutting off the penis with blunt knife" deal

[Porterville]

Germans always killing other Germans in the most brutal way.... can't wait to see what the old Krauts do next.

[IncPen]

What, "Cannibal," "Mutilation" and "Slaughter" weren't tip-offs?

Just for the sake of clarity, it was more than just the tip off.