[DiogenesLamp]

So you are saying that you think the boy understood what was expected of him and did it anyway? That idea had not occurred to me because it is pretty repugnant, but I understand severe poverty will make people do things they would not ordinarily do.

But if they knew this boy was going to inherit everything legally, they should have just bided their time. Perhaps they just wanted immediate wealth, though if they were going to make it look like an accident, they shouldn't have tortured him. They also had too many people involved. That is almost a guaranteed sell out.

And yes, it is a mistake to think other cultures respect western norms. I personally would never consider living someplace where I would be regarded as a merely tolerated alien.

[miss marmelstein]

My whole point - aside from homosexuality and rough trade - is that westerners have no business mixing it up with Spanish/Indian crazies. At least in the US, if you mix up with the wrong rough trade, you get a bullet in your brain. You don’t get hours and hours of torture that is so bad that when your only friend finds you in the morning, she vomits her guts out seeing what happened to you.