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#925874
I'll bet some American fundies are pea-green with envy of that kind of power. "If only we could round up the gays and the abortionists..."
3/19/2009 1:11:36 PM
#925876
tracer
Wait ... wouldn't the Witch Doctors themselves be witches too? Kinda by definition?
3/19/2009 1:12:44 PM
#925884
aaa
Madness. Pure madness.
3/19/2009 1:24:59 PM
#925885
Blackvoice
And then they kill them for hallucinating after, right?
3/19/2009 1:25:37 PM
#925890
Lucilius
@Tracer:
I suspect the witch doctors are really "witch smellers," people who can supposedly sense witches. They have a long history in Africa, and a short but bloody one in medieval Europe.
3/19/2009 1:30:12 PM
#925892
emau99
There was one hell of a video posted on Evolved Rational blog the other day. It was footage of several people being burned for witchcraft. I don't understand how crap like this can happen in the 21st century.
3/19/2009 1:31:26 PM
#925895
enna
Wat.
How ridiculous and random.
I wonder what the real motives are.
3/19/2009 1:38:51 PM
#925902
Dio Fa
Is Ratzinger due for a visit?
3/19/2009 1:44:57 PM
#925913
Old Viking
Can't someone dissuade them from this insanity? How about sending a contingent of fundies to reason with them? Oh, wait. They believe in this crap, too.
3/19/2009 1:51:00 PM
#925931
Narwhalman
Ya see, this is why no one wants to help Africa.
3/19/2009 2:11:33 PM
#925951
Mr. Creazil
@ Tracer: Witch doctor is a witch in the same way a vampire hunter is a vampire. Con men with different imaginary friends to fight.
3/19/2009 2:40:12 PM
#925958
John_in_Oz
One unidentified witness?
Not a high reliability rating. I do credit the account, given that Amnesty employees are putting their organisation's reputation on the line by reporting it, but they damn well better have additional evidence not reported here.
The other compelling factor is that Societies in collapse do seek scapegoats. Finding someone to blame is a very human pastime.
3/19/2009 2:53:29 PM
#926027
Nowonmai
What a great way to get rid of neighbors you don't want. Accuse them of being witches, then make them drink and bathe in poisonous plant steeped liquid.
3/19/2009 4:28:16 PM
#926048
ausador
I guess the africans figure that Aids isn't killing them off fast enough so they have to help with the upcoming extinction.
3/19/2009 5:06:38 PM
#926051
Antichrist
Let me guess, if they survive the toxic herbs they'll be burned alive as witches?
How the fuck do we get those people out of there.
3/19/2009 5:11:24 PM
#926067
nrgetik
"Is Ratzinger due for a visit?"
I think he's just been and once again fired his mouth off about the evils of condoms. Perhaps the catholic church should relocate there... their fire and brimstone approach to christianity would work quite well in that region of the world if this post is anything to go by.
3/19/2009 5:24:51 PM
#926098
John
I guess there's a reason why these people are starving to death and killing each other.
3/19/2009 6:46:25 PM
#926109
Shadoboy
What. The. Fuck.
3/19/2009 7:32:48 PM
#926120
Pule Thamex
They're making their fundie dreams come true in Gambia.
3/19/2009 7:52:44 PM
#926144
Tolpuddle Martyr
Sad
3/19/2009 9:00:00 PM
#926152
Snowy
The thought of American fundies doing this makes me cringe.
3/19/2009 9:26:07 PM
#926153
Snowy
The thought of American fundies doing this makes me cringe.
3/19/2009 9:29:12 PM
#926161
smite-me
Fucking insane. WTF is with instituted new literal witch hunts?!?!
3/19/2009 10:43:15 PM
#926162
smite-me
Here is a video of some of this:
<a href="http://www.evolvedrational.com/2009/03/witch-burning-in-21st-century.html#respond"</a>
SERIOUS WARNING: death, disturbing.
3/19/2009 10:48:19 PM
#926174
smite-me
Here is a video of some of this:
<a href="http://www.evolvedrational.com/2009/03/witch-burning-in-21st-century.html#respond"</a>
SERIOUS WARNING: death, disturbing.
3/19/2009 11:25:02 PM
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