buckthesystem Posted February 26, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,706 Topics Per Day: 0.26 Content Count: 3,386 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/12/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/10/1955 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Instead of getting more civilised, the world is becoming a horrible, scary place. I realise that it has "always been like that" in PNG, but note that police chose not to act. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4416405a12.html A pregnant Papua New Guinea woman hanged from a tree after being accused of sorcery gave birth to her baby while struggling to free herself, local media reports. Nolan Yekum and her husband Paul were dragged from their house and hung from a tree by fellow tribesmen who accused them of sorcery after the couple's neighbour suddenly died. Their ordeal occurred in Kilip village near Banz in Western Highlands Province, PNG's newspaper The National reported today. The woman and her newborn baby girl, her third child, were doing well in Mt Hagen Hospital after two weeks in hiding, the report said. Her husband said men entered their house in the middle of the night with a rope and tied it to their necks, accusing them of sorcery over their neighbour's death. They were dragged outside and hung from a tree, he said. "We managed to loosen the noose to get our feet on the ground ... we were able to free ourselves. "My wife, who was about seven months pregnant, delivered the baby while struggling to free herself. "It was a painful experience for me and her," Yekum said. He said he pleaded with fellow villagers to wait for his neighbour's post-mortem and he accused local police of failing to act. The couple vehemently denied practising sorcery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches Posted February 26, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 95 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,315 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted February 26, 2008 one really has to understand cultures in THEIR OWN CONTEXT before brandishing the "civilized" sword. civilized by whose standards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Praise the LORD that she and her baby are safe. God is good, all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba4J Posted February 26, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,075 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 471 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/05/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted February 26, 2008 Praise the LORD that she and her baby are safe. God is good, all the time! AMEN!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckthesystem Posted February 26, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,706 Topics Per Day: 0.26 Content Count: 3,386 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/12/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/10/1955 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 one really has to understand cultures in THEIR OWN CONTEXT before brandishing the "civilized" sword. civilized by whose standards? How PC can you get? I never thought I'd hear the "it is their culture, we must respect cultural differences" argument on these boards. Clearly it is uncivilised to kidnap people, accuse them of something as ludicrous as "sorcery", hang them from a tree, not even caring that one of them is pregnant and that this action brings on a premature birth. If this happened in America, I would like to think that there would be an outcry. If you really believe that "culture" makes this OK, maybe you need to stop reading so many "trendy leftie" articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches Posted February 26, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 95 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,315 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted February 26, 2008 LOL! what does it mean to be PC? I think i like the sound of it though. In ur face everyone ..... I am soooooo PC! again I ask, uncivilized by whose standard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 LOL! what does it mean to be PC? I think i like the sound of it though. In ur face everyone ..... I am soooooo PC! again I ask, uncivilized by whose standard? PC = politically correct. Uncivilized = hanging a man and woman from a tree for "sorcery" just because their neighbor died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterpoet Posted February 26, 2008 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,704 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 25 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/29/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1950 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I kinda wonder how a post mortem would show or dismiss sorcery??? This whole story is full of wierd stuff....makes me wonder if it's even remotely accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted February 26, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I'm not justifying what they did - but fear makes people do strange and stupid things. We have no idea what the belief in the spiritual is like for these people. Again, I'm not justifying, but I can't be unmerciful to them with regards to the bondage they are in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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