The Anti-Human Sacrifice Police Task Force

[HomerJay]

yes, they really have one.

The villages and farming communities that surround Uganda's capital, Kampala, are gripped by fear.

School children are closely watched by teachers and parents as they make their way home from school. In playgrounds and on the roadside are posters warning of the danger of abduction by witch doctors for the purpose of child sacrifice.

The ritual, which some believe brings wealth and good health, was almost unheard of in the country until around three years ago, but it has re-emerged, seemingly alongside a boom in the country's economy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15255357

[Gallstones]

Uhm,.......what?

[klr]

Not exactly news unfortunately, in that there have already been some horror stories in the past few years in that part of the world. IIRC, albino children can be at particular risk.

[HomerJay]

Yup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_(murder_victim)

[Gallstones]

How many albino children are there? What if a kid is just really light, is s/he in danger?
Are the darkest kids safest?

[Atheist-Lite]

Really fucked up over there ain't they?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

So much negativity! It's a logical economic move and the correlation has already proved the causation, so this effort on the part of "certain parties" to stifle the free market and the really drivers of the society, the folks with money, is just another case of the lumpen proletariat trying to grab a free ride on the backs of the people who already have obscene amounts of money.





Sorry, I started Seething there for a minute.

[charlou]

Really fucked up over there ain't they?

And readily exploitable.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Really fucked up over there ain't they?

And readily exploitable.

This is the area where they're hunting down witches all the time, right?

[charlou]

Their superstitions are being exploited by "christian" fundamentalists.

[Feck]

The ritual, which some believe brings wealth and good health, was almost unheard of in the country until about three years ago, but it has re-emerged, seemingly alongside a boom in the country's economy.

So it's working More headless Kids = boom in economy !

[Atheist-Lite]

The ritual, which some believe brings wealth and good health, was almost unheard of in the country until about three years ago, but it has re-emerged, seemingly alongside a boom in the country's economy.

So it's working More headless Kids = boom in economy !

A solution for youth unemployment. Sheer genius.

[Tyrannical]

Cannibalism and human sacrifice was fairly common in Africa at least until the 1840s. Was common in Liberia until a few years ago. Might still be today.



Ahh, the story of General Buck Naked from Liberia. His child soldiers used to sacrifice a child and drink it's blood before battle. The used to eat the losers too.

[charlou]

Ahh, the story of General Buck Naked from Liberia. His child soldiers used were made to sacrifice a child and drink it's blood before battle. The used to eat the losers too.

Brutal stuff.

[Tyrannical]

If you ever want to learn about real African history, I recommend Negroes in Negroland. The full text is available for free, and it is a compilation of first hand accounts from African explorers.

http://www.archive.org/stream/negroesin ... p_djvu.txt