Mexican Villagers Stone 'Witch' to Death

Dedpuhl

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/04/14/mexico.witchs.ap/index.html


SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (AP) -- An angry crowd stoned to death an Indian man accused of practicing witchcraft in a southern Mexico town with a long tradition of religious violence.

The man, Domingo Shilon Shilon, was also hacked with machetes Sunday by the crowd in San Juan Chamula, a majority Catholic township on the outskirts of the colonial city of San Cristobal, 460 miles (735 kms) southeast of Mexico City.

Shilon, 50, was caught by the crowd in a neighborhood known as Rancho Narvaez, state police said. After killing him, the crowd partially burned his body.




Damn. They sure didn't like him...
 

MichaelD

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It's so comforting to see the the Dark Ages aren't completely dead, and that some parts of the world truly haven't left the 1300's.
 

GasX

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Just goes to show that Islam doesn't have a monopoly on religious based homicide...
 

MichaelD

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Originally posted by: Mwilding
Just goes to show that Islam doesn't have a monopoly on religious based homicide...

Uh oh...you used the "I" word. Also related is the "M" word and the "other I" word. Run. ;)
 

DeafeningSilence

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Okay, I'm not saying the punishment fit the crime... but it sounds like this dude was "guilty as charged."

The villagers killed the man after they went to a cave he frequented and found bottles dressed in the local Indian garb, objects he allegedly used in casting spells on people.
 

illusion88

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Don't poke fun or hatred at other peoples believes. Just because you live in America doesn't make you any better then anyone else in this world, despite what they do as a culture.
 

GasX

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Originally posted by: illusion88
Don't poke fun or hatred at other peoples believes. Just because you live in America doesn't make you any better then anyone else in this world, despite what they do as a culture.
I am better than anyone who hacks someone to death with a machete for practicing witchcraft.

 

RU482

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Originally posted by: MichaelD
It's so comforting to see the the Dark Ages aren't completely dead, and that some parts of the world truly haven't left the 1300's.

because having all kinds of freaks in society is just as nice
 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: redly1
Originally posted by: MichaelD
It's so comforting to see the the Dark Ages aren't completely dead, and that some parts of the world truly haven't left the 1300's.

because having all kinds of freaks in society is just as nice

i'd rather live with "freaks" than with those whom i'd have to keep a constant eye on, for fear of them accusing me of witchcraft and stoning me to death. seriously, would you rather live in a mental institution or go to prison? i'll take the former...
 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: DeafeningSilence
Okay, I'm not saying the punishment fit the crime... but it sounds like this dude was "guilty as charged."

The villagers killed the man after they went to a cave he frequented and found bottles dressed in the local Indian garb, objects he allegedly used in casting spells on people.

don't tell me you believe witchcraft is real...
 

Ameesh

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Originally posted by: DeafeningSilence
Okay, I'm not saying the punishment fit the crime... but it sounds like this dude was "guilty as charged."

The villagers killed the man after they went to a cave he frequented and found bottles dressed in the local Indian garb, objects he allegedly used in casting spells on people.

hahahahahahah! are you nuts?!
 

jjones

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Originally posted by: redly1
Originally posted by: MichaelD
It's so comforting to see the the Dark Ages aren't completely dead, and that some parts of the world truly haven't left the 1300's.

because having all kinds of freaks in society is just as nice
Yeah, it'd be kind of fun to stone, hack and burn anyone I thought of as a freak. I'd probably get tired before I could kill them all but I could always rent a wood chipper to make it easier.