Another day, another story about cannibals

I am back. I have another cannibalism story that I came across. What is with my fascination about these stories. I swear that I do not search them out, they find me. Here is the story.

Cannibal fantasist gets 13 years for murder

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin man who killed a music teacher and stored his victim's body parts to satisfy cannibalistic fantasies was convicted of murder Tuesday and sentenced to 13 years.
Ralf M., 41, confessed to stabbing Joe R., 33, with a screwdriver during a sexual encounter at his apartment in Neukoelln in southern Berlin.
He then cut up and stored body parts in his fridge, but was in the end too disgusted to eat them as originally planned.
The Berlin court concluded the accused, known in the German media as the "cannibal of Neukoelln," was psychologically disturbed and had developed increasingly pronounced human flesh-eating fantasies over the years.
The prosecution had sought a sentence of almost 15 years for the killer, an unemployed painter, but the court handed down a lesser sentence on the grounds of diminished responsibility. It also ordered his temporary confinement in a psychiatric clinic.
The killer's defense lawyer claimed his client had been influenced by the case of Armin Meiwes, the "cannibal of Rotenburg," who created a worldwide media sensation after he confessed to killing and eating a willing victim in 2001.
Meiwes was convicted of manslaughter in 2004, but faces a retrial on a murder charge later this year.
Like Meiwes, Ralf M. met his victim via the Internet, but unlike the Rotenburg cannibal he deceived the man about his true intentions, the court said.

On my first glance, I thought it was the same German cannibal story but it is a different one. This can only lead to one conclusion, Germans love David Hasselhoff and eating each other. I am not sure what else to draw from this. The other thing that is important to remember if you are going to Germany to eat somebody, you must be open about your true intentions. Deception will not be condoned. I mean once you kill and start eating somebody, you cannot bring them back. What's done is done. However, there is an element of decorum here. Be truthful about your intentions and it is not so bad to eat somebody.

Speaking of Germans, I was thinking, how about that "new" Pope. I hardly consider a 78 year old to be new, so... Joseph Ratzinger! Ratzinger? Didn't he play Cliff Clavin in Cheers? What they couldn't name George Wendt as pope? He has got to be pissed. I mean Ratzinger got to do a voice in Toy Story and Pitney Bowes commercials, where is George Wendt? He needs a gig and this is one of the better gigs going. Huh, that was John Ratzinger? Nevermind.

The interesting thing, or conspiratorial, thing is that way back when some Irish bishop with the name Malachy prophesized all the popes until his end of the papacy (he did this back in the 1000s or 1200s). Anyway, Ratzinger is the second last pope of the prophecy. Given his age, I wonder how long until we hit the "last" pope. Is Armageddon around the corner?

This just in....Apparently a great way to stop a baby from crying is to shake it vigourously. It is just a thought. I was thinking that when somebody else's baby is crying unconsolably in a public place that it be okay to shake the parent. It is just a thought. Going to run now, ciao.