Talk:Commission of Counter Ghoul/@comment-87.158.197.39-20150211122207/@comment-24.6.64.196-20150309021355

When Esdeath of all people thinks you're going too far it's time to turn it back a bit.

Anyway, not important.

What is important, is that in this particular world, Ghouls and Humans are both "people." Outside of dietary needs and super powers, there's no particular difference between them physiologically. However, that dietary need creates inherent life-and-death conflict (and the super-powers keep it from becoming completely one-sided). Viewing your enemy as "people" has always been taboo. For example; people who fight in wars don't want to think about the people they are killing as being the same as them or having friends and family.

This is even more important if your stuck eating them to live, or when your opponents have taken to eating the flesh of your fallen comrads. On either side, thinking "they're the same as me" risks creating severe psychological issues, and at the very least can dull your ability to fight.