[rellimpank]

—reminiscent of the perhaps apocryphal tale of the British administrator in India ,who upon being informed that the practice of burning wives on the late husband's funeral pyre was “our custom”, replied that “we too have a custom of hanging those who murder women”-—

[rellimpank]

--plucked from another thread--thanks, Kozak--

“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.” Sir Charles Napier