[ConorMacNessa]

Of course in Indonesia, not so far away, the young woman would be stoned to death. No four witnesses to rape? Must have been consensual then.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Praxeologue]

in Indonesia, not so far away, the young woman would be stoned to death.

The highlands of PNG were only opened to civilization in 1947, when an Australian bush pilot noticed villages. The climate is perfect: near the equator at 8,000 feet. The natives have been there for a few thousand years, having emigrated from southeast Asia.

The various tribes constantly fought, with continual bloodshed. Supposedly as a result of that, a tradition developed that the womenfolk would smother to death male babies to reduce the violent male plague. When a first census was taken, there were far more females than males. Surprise, surprise.

With this background, I am skeptical of the woman's story. This may be ancient tradition rearing its head.