Steve Irwin's baby gate has nothing on these nut cases.
Offline At least when he pulled his stupid stunt, dangling the baby in the alligator pen, he was a trained professional, and the camera always makes things look closer and bigger than they actually are.
OK, having said that, certainly Steve was stupid and admitted it. But what if your religion tells you to dangle your baby DIRECTLY over the mouth of an alligator FOR LUCK?
Thats right folks, I just saw this on CNN, no link, just watched it on TV. I believe it was out of India. These idiots to right up to the river's edge and dangle their babies over the open mouths of alligators because it is believed to bring the family luck.
What fucking pissed me off is that the black anchor was like "they would get arrested here in the states, but whatever floats their boats"(not literally what he said but conveys his meaning). Hey why not let a 2 year old smoke cigs while we are at it too?
If this is not evidence of the capability of humans allowing credulity and superstition leading them to do stupid things, I don't know what is. Why the fuck should a belief like this deserve any respect?
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Social Darwinism in action
So India has three times the population of the US. The US has three times the land area.
If there is any concern here, it should be why they have not heard about the much greater luck that will befall them if men put their dangly parts in the mouth of a crocodile.
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Actually the story was out of Pakistan. Sorry for the miss information. But still. If you are going to blast Steve Irwin for his stupidity, then why should being a Hindu get any more of a pass?
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I am going to guess that this is your 2-year old reference:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1281538/Smoking-year-old-Ardi-Rizal-40-cigarettes-day.html
http://www.3news.co.nz/Two-year-old-has-a-40-a-day-smoking-habit/tabid/313/articleID/157730/Default.aspx
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I didn't blast Irwin at all.
Hindus get a pass for being... swarm-ish.
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Answers, do you know how boring it is when you agree with everything I think? Shit man... I'm getting drowsy typing this.
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Love this
I wonder when this tradition began ~ not that it matters as it is completely effed up.
Brian did they say if this was a specific religious tradition or a 'indian' tradition?
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I made a mistake in saying it was India. It was a story out of Pakistan, and the tradition is Hindu. I am sure there are dip shits in India who do it as well.
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