Penis a la carte - a followup
I wrote about the bizarre case of the German cannibal killer one year ago, and a few of my American readers expressed puzzlement that a highly newsworthy case that has been all over the European press had received hardly a mention in US media.
 Well, now Armin Meiwes (picture) is on trial in Germany for killing and eating another man, known as Bernd-Juergen B, who had offered himself up for slaughter and eating entirely voluntarily. And, yes, they ate his penis together, before Bernd-Juergen died and was further dismembered and stored for later, eh, consumption.
Is it any surprise that the press is eating up all these details, and portioning it out to its readers? The case about "the Cannibal of Rotenburg" will go down in history, no matter the outcome. The horrible puns this case invites us all to use will hopefully be forgotten quickly.
Mark Hoback took interest in the story last year, and if you want the gruesome details that are now revealed, you should read it in his blog. He also expressed some disappointment in my lack of detail when I covered this story. Heh.
I first read about this over at Secular Blasphemy a few months ago. Jan's piece was woefully inadequate, with only the sketchiest of voyeuristic effluvia, but the case is in court now, and the details are coming out in a trial that could make legal history. This is a huge international story, playing big everywhere but in the States. Could it be that Americans just don’t have a taste for tales with this much bite? Perhaps…
No pun intended, surely.
PS: "A few months ago," eh? Time flies, Mark!
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