http://www.bookwormroom.com/2006/08/17/an-impressive-feat-of-human-endurance/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:53:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2006/08/17/an-impressive-feat-of-human-endurance/#comment-3816 Bookworm Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:50:35 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=664#comment-3816 I wonder if they actually ate those two. I don't mean that in a nasty way. It's simply that, in the modern era, many of the incidents of cannibalism that caught the public attention happened as part of shipwrecks. Indeed, following a famous case of sailor cannibalism, W.S. Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame, wrote a very funny poem about shipwreck cannibalism, call the Yarn of the Nancy Bell (you can find it here: http://www.jsward.com/shanty/poems/NancyBell.html). And, of course, we all remember the Donner Party. You simply can't fault people who do not stoop to murder, but who are too starving to waste protein. I wonder if they actually ate those two. I don’t mean that in a nasty way. It’s simply that, in the modern era, many of the incidents of cannibalism that caught the public attention happened as part of shipwrecks. Indeed, following a famous case of sailor cannibalism, W.S. Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame, wrote a very funny poem about shipwreck cannibalism, call the Yarn of the Nancy Bell (you can find it here: http://www.jsward.com/shanty/poems/NancyBell.html). And, of course, we all remember the Donner Party. You simply can’t fault people who do not stoop to murder, but who are too starving to waste protein.

]]> http://www.bookwormroom.com/2006/08/17/an-impressive-feat-of-human-endurance/#comment-3815 Ron Larson Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:39:02 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=664#comment-3815 Turns out there was 5 on board when they left. Two died of starvation in January and February and their bodies were dumped overboard. Turns out there was 5 on board when they left. Two died of starvation in January and February and their bodies were dumped overboard.

]]> http://www.bookwormroom.com/2006/08/17/an-impressive-feat-of-human-endurance/#comment-3817 Ron Larson Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:00:06 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=664#comment-3817 I've followed that too. Amazing! I am looking forward to reading their narratives of how they survived this. I’ve followed that too. Amazing! I am looking forward to reading their narratives of how they survived this.

]]> http://www.bookwormroom.com/2006/08/17/an-impressive-feat-of-human-endurance/#comment-3818 erp Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:15:01 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=664#comment-3818 These are the kind of people some of us don't want in our country. They sound like Americans who were born in the wrong country to me and I say, bienvedidos hermanos. These are the kind of people some of us don’t want in our country. They sound like Americans who were born in the wrong country to me and I say, bienvedidos hermanos.

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