Filial cannibalism


The older generation sometimes took the idea of filial piety to extremes — to the point of cutting off their own flesh to save an ailing parent. Can a modern-day son ever live up to such high standards?

MY late father had a 2-inch scar on his upper left arm, near the elbow, that had a startling story behind how he came to get it.

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