Thread:Yru17/@comment-1677347-20170114063509/@comment-366087-20170114150257

Understand that "cannibalism" means "to consume/eat members of your kind/species".

Since Tiger is a CAT and the "Indians" were MICE, there was no cannibalism. Had any of the mice been eating other mice, or cats eating cats, THEN they would be cannibals.

Plus, simple mention or even of hint of cannibalism alone is not necessarily scary. It just offers an air of threat which serves the purpose of the story. It is when it gets into EXPLICIT scenes for the SHOCK VALUE that the story gets elevated/promoted to Horror.

Remember when I said that Western Societies CODDLE children too much? This is an example of that. I put it in the same mental trash bins as "Overly politically correct" and "participation awards/do not make anyone feel bad/there are no 'losers' in competitions". All are disservices to instilling proper and necessary life skills and knowledge to growing youth.