It's quite normal to be shocked by what you read in the news, but sometimes it goes beyond that. Lately I have been reading the BBC website articles that I actually re-read three times because I just can't understand how something so awful could be carried out by human beings who share 99.99999% of our DNA, but could not be any further from what we deem as normal and acceptable behaviour.
I've been reading about a few cases in Somalia recently. It pains me just thinking about it, but maybe I’m a sensitive soul. The government there collapsed 18 years ago, with only the capital city being controlled in parts by a government body. So it’s basically a bunch of cowboys toting guns with hardline Islamic beliefs who rule the country. Scared yet? It gets worse. A 13 year old girl was stoned to death for 'adultery', although human rights groups say she was actually raped. So if it wasn't bad enough to be married off to some old creep, but to be raped and then punished for it. Do they not understand that rape is NON-CONSENTUAL??!! Hence the need for the term ‘Rape’ instead of ‘Sex’.
This makes me so angry, without getting all Germaine Greer. Another man was stoned to death after having sex with a woman who was a widow, and getting her pregnant. These Islamic fundamentalists believe that even if your wife/husband is dead, having sex with another person is still seen as adultery.
An eyewitness quoted on the BBC website recounted "He was screaming and blood was pouring from his head during the stoning. After seven minutes he stopped moving” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8347216.stm)
His girlfriend will also be stoned to death in front of a crowd of up to 200 people, but only after she gives birth to her baby, who will then be given to her relatives to look after.
What a sorry state of affairs. It is just so hard to imagine what these people’s lives are like day to day. Having sex is probably the only thing they have to look forward to.
It also made me wonder how they stone people. Do they just throw big rocks at the person being stoned? Or do they have a bag full of stones that they hit them with repeatedly? Like when Private Pile gets beaten by his fellow soldiers with a pillow case full of bars of soap in 'Full Metal Jacket’.
I tried to find a video of it but I was unable. So you can watch this instead:
Who knows...but I would say it’s probably one of the most horrible ways to die, compared with having an O.D and falling asleep, which sounds quite relaxing.
Peace!
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