Interview with a cannibal

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Issei Sagawa (佐川 一政 Sagawa Issei?, born April 26, 1949) is a Japanese man who in 1981 murdered and cannibalized a Dutch woman named Renée Hartevelt. After his release, he became a minor celebrity in Japan and made a living through the public's interest in his crime.

 
Not watching. Sagawa even looks like a legit ed up freak. They should have thrown him in a room and thrown away the room.
 
Had to stop watching at 4 minutes in. It made me feel sick. It got extremely creepy and when it showed her dead body, that was where I had to stop...
 
Wow...that was very hard to watch.
I agree with the girl though. It seems way too bizarre for it to be reality.
 
The question is how is the guy a free man? There are even people who idolize him. We live in a sick, sick world.
 
This documentary was very interesting, it's not everyday that we see a cannibal's point of view on eating other humans.

They also played Moonlight Sonata, one of my favorite songs from RE :D
 
Also remember he said "minor" celebrity.


I watched like 16 minutes. I got the point by then I didn't need his life story.

People out there have Vore fetishes, but this guy does it for real and kills people.

I'm also perplexed how he's not in prison for life. I mean isn't murder usually life in prison? Are the laws different where he was prosecuted? or you think he got away with being labled as "insane?". Correct me if I'm wrong but a insane person who kills has a better chance of one day being released than someone who's normal that kills?

Just curious.
 
SpinerippingFun said:
Keep in mind that's Japan is a bit... different.
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Speaking of difference in culture, the Afghan and Pakistan cultures make me cringe especially about what happened in 9/11 and how my Afghan ex-friend used me for money and manipulated me to do things her way when they are wrong. :_mad:
 
Freyith, somehow I knew you would respond to my comment. What I meant is that Japan stands out when it comes to extreme cases like this / the murder of Junko Furuta, Guinea Pig Pedophile Man /, or at least they get more publicity, which makes me think that way. It's just my observation.
+ Of course there are :bird: all around the world, even in a relatively small country like mine we've got a Cannibal Cave Man.
Oh, and I can't agree that europeans/we smell...
 
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I'm glad to live up to your expectations, then. The point is that saying Japan is different in the sense of the case at hand is like saying Europeans smell. It's a caricature that's largely based on sensationalist perceptions. Hell, I'd say America could be counted as far worse than Japan in terms of this sort of thing. Charles Manson? Jeffery Dahmer? Come on.
 
Oh the list goes on with our American crazies. Albert Fish and theres Richard Ice Man Clukinski who is even having a movie about him coming out next year. He had an hbo special on him too and he's killed many people. Very interesting guy. Not to mention we just had a "zombie" outbreak a couple weeks ago with a guy chewing another guys face off in Miami and a student in Maryland who ate another students brain.
 
Freyith said:
I'm glad to live up to your expectations, then. The point is that saying Japan is different in the sense of the case at hand is like saying Europeans smell. It's a caricature that's largely based on sensationalist perceptions. Hell, I'd say America could be counted as far worse than Japan in terms of this sort of thing. Charles Manson? Jeffery Dahmer? Come on.
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There's a difference between him having fans and being out of prison. I'd guess that his celebrity has nothing to do with culture (since there are popular psychopaths in every country/culture), but I'm pretty sure the American justice system wouldn't allow this creep out of prison. Hopefully someone gives him a dose of vigilante justice and pours his guts onto a sidewalk.

Did anyone else lol at the re-enactment when the guy was aiming the gun? Had the butt on top of his shoulder. Haha.
 
I'm not so sure the American 'justice' system would have him locked up still. There are plenty of people who've evaded a life sentence or capital punishment for 1st degree murder and are out running free. Other countries are in the same category, too. Look at the entire Anders Brevik situation in Norway. The maximum sentence he can get for kill 80 god-damned people is going to be 20-something years with a parole review every few years after that. No life sentence, no capital punishment.

It highlights that most countries have a legal system, not a justice system.
 
I was afraid there might be culture mud-slinging going on. *groans* Anyways, he got a away with the murder by exploiting holes in both the French and Japanese legal system. Coming from a wealthy familty, it's no surprise that he could afford a slick lawyer(s) to nudge the outcome in his favor.

The legal system in the US isn't that great either when we got gangs who conduct their business in inside and outside cell walls, among other things. The insanity defense, which Sagawa used in France, could still be viable for here.
 
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