Somebody had to post it.
Posted on 12/10/2008 8:46:02 AM PST by BGHater
Diversity and multiculturalism. It would be a hate crime to be judgmental about these cultural practices of other societies. Who are we to impose our values on others? This is a completely valid expression of their beliefs and we should be subsidizing it, not criticizing it. /sarc.
I went to HS with a albino family............
“weave the red hair from an albino”
This article is BS-albinos have WHITE hair, not red.
Who makes up this crap? someone with too much time on their hands, apparently.
Somebody had to post it.
“Diversity and multiculturalism.”
Yes, and those with these unique and diverse medical practices sound like they might be among the underrepresented groups in the US who’d be eligible for the Visa lottery. Someone pass this along to the State Department.
The article is not BS. It’s not made up... the murder of albinos in Africa has been well documented.
horrid!
House of Peace. Right.
"This is a completely valid expression of their beliefs and we should be subsidizing it, not criticizing it."
In fact, we should be importing it. We wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to appreciate yet another culture superior to our own. And we should let the New Aztec Church resume practicing human sacrifice. It's only right.
Further evidence that Satan is firmly in control of many in Africa - Such evil is not uncommon over the entire continent - this just being one of the more obvious examples.
[cue “Chocolate City” (and the vanilla suburbs) by Parliament]
The article is not BS. Some months ago, I met a lawyer who just happened to be albino and who spearheads albino assistance programs in Africa. What goes on in Tanzania is very real. Being an albino in Tanzania can very well be tantamount to a death sentence.
Not African albinos.
I saw a lot of them in Cameroon years ago and they did not have white hair. European albinos have white hair.
Please calm down and try to check your facts before being so strident.
http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=67 has this info: "Except when people are of mixed ancestry, red hair in Africans is usually caused by a kind of albinism. "
30 seconds with Google was all it took. And even if your point was accurate, it is ludicrous to take such a point of trivia and claim that it invalidates all the horrors in this article - as it if is even relevant to the tragedy and depravity being reported!
Only the Evil Albinos have white hair and red eyes. Good Albinos have blue eyes and reddish blond hair.
Someone needs to post a picture of Bob Bsrr...he’ll fit
They also eat pygmies for supposed “magical” reasons in that general area of Africa (eastern Congo).
Here is a NYT article about the same thing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/world/africa/08albino.html?hp
Why would anyone think it is made up? It is not that different from the necklacing done by the very modern former "first" lady of South Africa, Mrs. Mandella, or the raping of young girls to "cure" aids. Torture and murder is common. Africa is still a savage land.
midnightson at #4 claimed the story was BS. My comment was directed at him.
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