You're probably (i don't really know you, so i can't say) normal, though, while cannibals decidedly are not. I chose to study psychology at college partly to try and see WHY and HOW people do these things.

I find this hilarious.
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5...cookinggm8.jpg

That's freakin' awesome. +10 awesome points to you for pointing that out.

Well eating her would certainly net the insanity plea by a jury. Sounds very logical.

Cannibalism is incredibly rare, and the times that it actually shows up in a culture it's usually to honor the dead, not to disgrace them. It's also a sign of power over another. For example, there's a small subsect of people in india who believe that everyone should eat someone else once in their life. It's always of a past or deceased relative and only with their prior permission (if they say you can it's an honor thing).

It's hard to say why cannibalistic individuals show up in cultures that don't have a purpose for it, but there's a lot to suggest that it has to do with having power over the individual, or a fascination with the taboo.

It's been documented heavily that human flesh tastes horrible and is both incredibly toxic and bad for you. You don't want to eat it b/c your chances of dying from cancer alone increase horrendously. So the motive for these individuals is above and beyond just sordid fascination. Like I said before, has a lot to do with having power over an individual, and you can even see some of that with this case.