Non-cannibalistic cannibals

[timo ronkainen]

Hi David and all!

uh, it wasn't me who asked about this, I think it was Gilles.
Thanks for answering, though! :-)

Timo

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>From: "Gerstein, David DK - ECN" <DGE at ECN.egmont.com>
>To: "'Disney Comics Mailing List'" <>
>Subject: TIMO: Non-cannibalistic cannibals
>Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 18:25:13 +0200
>
>	Hey Timo,
>
> >In his Donald Duck universe guide,
> >( http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/egmont-ddu.html)
> >David Gerstein tells that the Black Ducks from Barks' wdc 34 and the
>dogfaced
> >Tuku
> >tribe from Barks' wdc 211 are cannibals.
> >
> >But in my version, these two tribes are not cannibals, they don't eat
> >people.
>
>	I wrote the "Universe Guide" in 1993. Looking back from ten years
>later, I can't imagine what was going through my head- except, perhaps,
>looking at stereotypically cliched jungle natives, I instinctively referred
>to them as cannibals without thinking twice.
>	As you correctly point out, they're really innocent of cannibal
>cannibals they're not. Donald isn't on the menu. Maybe Per can fix this for
>me?
>
>	Apologetically, David
>	(mmm... roast duck...)
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