After all these final sentences of conscious human experience were given their appropriate full-stops and commas, Brandes ingested sleeping-tablets. Also, Meiwes video-taped both Brandes whilst alive and later, after his death. Brandes had drawn up a will and testament, where his money and estate would go to his live-in partner. Meiwes “let them” leave and was not impressed with another, who he found sexually unappealing.Īfter finally meeting Brandes, they started up the ritual that would lead to Brandes’ death and devouring. Four candidates travelled to Meiwes’ house, but eventually were told the seriousness of the description. The other potential candidates thought that “being gobbled up” was a metaphor concerning sexual-actions. Brandes was a year older than his killer, but this didn’t seem to faze Meiwes who held auditions for the position. Meiwes had advertised on online chat-rooms, without euphemism or innuendo, his seeking a “young well-built man, who wanted to be eaten”. In March 2001, Meiwes killed and ate a willing, consenting man, Bernd Brandes. I say this because I think we need clarity in the case of infamous German cannibal, Armin Meiwes. If she does not wish to die, but still has her life taken away – violently or not is beside the point – then she was murdered. How we assess this is also another matter, but for humans we can infer in most instances whether or not someone willingly wants to die. ‘Murder’ falls within the category of ‘killing’, in that the organism in question is killed but did not want to be killed.
It is another matter whether it is all or certain forms of organic life we are concerned with. Surprising as it may seem, it is most helpful for discussions on killing if we recognise that the word itself is mostly and simply ‘the taking of organic life’. Armin was arrested and tried for murder.‘Murder’ differs from ‘killing’ – and must differ for the words to have their moral impact – because killing is a neutral term. They found a portion of Bernd’s body in the freezer and 4 hours of video showing the events of the evening. In December, someone called the police and directed them to the ad that Armin had posted. He buried the skull.īetween March and December, Armin ate approximately 44 pounds of Bernd. He chopped up Bernd’s body and stored it in the freezer. Armin MeiwesĮarly the next morning, Armin stabbed Bernd in the neck, killing him. While Bernd soaked, Armin read a book and checked on him regularly. Eventually, Armin just fed it to the dog. Armin tried eat it, but it was too chewy, so he cooked it, but it burned. In preparation for the real reason Bernd was there, he took 20 sleeping pills and drank some alcohol. The men met at Armin’s home, ate dinner and had sex. He placed an ad on the internet looking for someone who wished to be eaten. Armin had been obsessed with eating another person since childhood.
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