Is it safe for humans to eat mice???

[shelliebear]

Though it may be a troll thread, it raises some interesting questions about human decisions and perceptions....
We have the capacity to be on the top of the food chain, and yet we are one of the pickiest animals.
We weren't even supposed to eat meat in the first place, and yet we convinced ourselves meat is good--but only THIS meat, not this one.
Pigs eat slop. Leftover spoiled pieces of food. Uh...ew?
However, people that raise pigs for food specifically raise them in significantly better situations in terms of the food they eat (most of the time). Why could someone not do the same with a mouse? Breed them specifically for people to eat?
I'm really intrigued by some of the thought processes behind everybody's reasoning--including my own stomach squirming at the thought of mice as food.
However, with disease being a concern--cooking food at high temps will kill most bacteria. Why do we still eat cows remembering "mad cow disease", but we won't eat people?
I honestly can't say that if, after somebody died and donated their body to be food, I wouldn't at least try it.
All animals can harbor all sorts of diseases, and humans can catch a lot of them, but not if the food is properly handled and cooked...I can't think that human meat would be different, or rodents.
Just a thought. I'm not going to run out and eat frozen snake food, but I do love to ponder some of the psychology behind our reasoning as humans.