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Post by scotsgit on Jan 2, 2012 18:57:48 GMT -5
It's not just India, it seems to happen elsewhere as well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_people_with_albinismOne of the stories I read on the BBC website a while back told of an albino who was working in a field when some men, who had seen him as they drove by, ran in with machetes to hack him to pieces. The albino managed to escape, but it always seems that the apparent casualness of the men is what horrifies me most.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Jan 2, 2012 19:17:30 GMT -5
Also, a question re: anthropology and not judging: Is the assertion "anthropology isn't about judging" a statement about anthropology's area of study (in the same way one might say "biology is not about supernovas") or something further? In the same way one might say about biology is not about supernovas. I was just trying to hammer in the objectiveness of anthropology. But I'm not the most eloquent person around. Thanks for clarifying. I just wasn't sure I was getting it right.
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Post by Shane for Wax on Jan 2, 2012 19:45:41 GMT -5
It's not just India, it seems to happen elsewhere as well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_people_with_albinismOne of the stories I read on the BBC website a while back told of an albino who was working in a field when some men, who had seen him as they drove by, ran in with machetes to hack him to pieces. The albino managed to escape, but it always seems that the apparent casualness of the men is what horrifies me most. Voodoo I think places a lot of emphasis on people with albinism.
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Post by madcattlx on Jan 2, 2012 20:15:31 GMT -5
To the person who asked about the reasoning behind sacrifices, I think the reasoning behind it is to give up something you like to show to the gods how devoted to the gods they are. Giving something good alone isn't enough, it has to be something you love, your own kids. This is to show to the gods you love them more than even your kids.
That said, I still find this horrible and in no way ok. Though as someone else said, this now longer shocks me or causes much of a reaction.
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Post by Tiberius on Jan 3, 2012 3:32:51 GMT -5
To the person who asked about the reasoning behind sacrifices, I think the reasoning behind it is to give up something you like to show to the gods how devoted to the gods they are. Giving something good alone isn't enough, it has to be something you love, your own kids. This is to show to the gods you love them more than even your kids. It never specified it was the family that killed her. In fact, one would assume not, as the family of the girl were the ones who reported her missing. It is more likely that she was kidnapped and killed.
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Post by scotsgit on Jan 3, 2012 9:02:51 GMT -5
To the person who asked about the reasoning behind sacrifices, I think the reasoning behind it is to give up something you like to show to the gods how devoted to the gods they are. Giving something good alone isn't enough, it has to be something you love, your own kids. This is to show to the gods you love them more than even your kids. It never specified it was the family that killed her. In fact, one would assume not, as the family of the girl were the ones who reported her missing. It is more likely that she was kidnapped and killed. I think in this case it's the giving up of something that's innocent and unsullied, in the same way that virgins were sacrificed in some early religions, they were seen to be 'purer' than the rest of the people. What's bugging me about it is that the innocent girl's life was taken, there's no justification for that. And to make matters worse, I can just see this pair of bastards sitting there all smug when there is a good harvest. It won't occur to them that it was good farming practice that ensured the harvest, rather they will very likely act the martyr over it.
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Post by lighthorseman on Jan 3, 2012 11:11:36 GMT -5
But did it work? How was the harvest?
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Post by Meshakhad on Jan 3, 2012 12:35:16 GMT -5
It never specified it was the family that killed her. In fact, one would assume not, as the family of the girl were the ones who reported her missing. It is more likely that she was kidnapped and killed. I think in this case it's the giving up of something that's innocent and unsullied, in the same way that virgins were sacrificed in some early religions, they were seen to be 'purer' than the rest of the people. What's bugging me about it is that the innocent girl's life was taken, there's no justification for that. And to make matters worse, I can just see this pair of bastards sitting there all smug when there is a good harvest. It won't occur to them that it was good farming practice that ensured the harvest, rather they will very likely act the martyr over it. Hence my suggestion to sow their fields with radioactive waste, so the harvest IS bad, regardless. And their sentence is to only eat what they grow there for the rest of their lives.
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Post by jackmann on Jan 3, 2012 13:22:25 GMT -5
They'll likely be executed. That's what the Indian courts have done in previous cases of human sacrifice.
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