Religious People Are the Best People
Privileging superstition and tribal imperatives like patriarchy leads to some pretty dark behaviors. Why this is not commonly understood is simply tragic.
Five women were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement by villagers after being branded as witches in India's Jharkhand state.
Local police said the victims were Muslim widows who had been labelled as witches by a local cleric.
The incident occurred on Sunday in a remote village in Deoghar district.
Correspondents say the abuse of women who are branded as witches is common, but rare footage of the incident has caused outrage across India.
posted by Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy at 7:02 PM
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And it's photos that get the outrage. Without the visuals, the common practice goes unnoticed.
Things like this make it clear why the USG insists on hiding its torture photos, doesn't it? The people, including Americans or perhaps most importantly Americans, would understand exactly how awful the things done in our name are. Can't have that.
A corollary to the old adage: no-picture is worth zero words.
Out of sight, as they say, is out of mind.
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