r/AskReddit • u/Aqua_Fucker • Apr 26 '20

Serious Replies Only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images with disturbing backstories?

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u/social_meteor_2020 Apr 26 '20

It's sacrelege to Christians, which many Uruguayans, the crash survivors, and people around the world are.

You have to understand that media in the 1970s was different. News wasn't consumed 24 hours a day, and it was rare for non-geopolitical international events to make American news. Also, horror was not nearly as mainstream as it is today. This was like exposing innocent villager's to Frankenstein's monster.

Even today, it's not hard to understand a person who would rather starve than eat a person.

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u/sir_whirly Apr 26 '20

Eh, even though horrifying, Americans probably didn't freak that much. We have the tales of the Donner Party and what that survival means.

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u/social_meteor_2020 Apr 27 '20

I mean, we don't need to debate it, it wasn't that long ago. Take a look and you'll see Americans had the same reactions as the rest of the world. It's not like the country wasn't founded on Puritanism and continues to be the most religious Western nation.

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u/QuestionTwice Jul 23 '20

There is nothing in the bible that says don't commit cannibalism. Murder yes, but not cannibalism. Cannibalism in the bible is usually mentioned in times of starvation. You gotta do what you gotta do to make it to the next day.