Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says his nation does not deserve to be labelled cannibals, and urged the U.S. to clear up the remnants of World War Two littered across the Pacific, after comments by President Joe Biden about his missing serviceman uncle.
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From what I’ve read, the Fore ate deceased family members as a compassionate act to help the soul pass on. Obviously this act is pretty horrifying to us, but it’s not like the ‘violent savage’ racist depictions that you see in media.
It doesn’t sound like they’d eat random foreigners. I’m guessing this whole story is something that was passed around the Biden family to give the death some extra excitement and mystery.
Apparently some Japanese troops did practice cannibalism… Dark stuff.
Yeah, you’re right. It’s a ludicrous suggestion from Biden given the contexts in which it happened.
Turns out his uncle’s plane landed in the ocean as well, so not sure, maybe he was thinking of cannibal mermaids.