About cannibalism, I think it's disturbing because it reduces human beings down to the level of food. We don't like that association, because because of the ideas of us having souls and being above the mindless killing that animals engage in.

I heard about this somewhere on TV. It's the ultimate de-humanization. It shows that they have no regard for you as a person and all the morals we've built up in society are for nothing.

We consider ourselves above the food because of our intelligence and morals. But when something eats us, it reminds us that we're still just animals that can be killed and eaten. And when we're forced to do it, if it's necessary to survive, it makes us feel guilty because we're basically discarding everything that has been ingrained into us in order to treat other human beings as food.