Woman Burned to Death After Being Accused As A Witch

[LazarX]

A woman accused of sorcery after the death of a 6 year old boy was set upon by a mob, tortured and burned alive in Papua New Guinea . I'd link to the story itself, but almost every article that I find has images that are disturbing enough to most likely break the guidelines of this site, so I'll post a link to another article that warns of the more disturbing undertones of this and other acts of violence that seem to be on the rise against women.

Where Violence Against Women Is Rampant

When you play your witch character, as I will mine, remember that for too many women, it's a label that carried a death sentence. And that Misogyny still has a very strong and ugly presence on this planet. And not just in far off places like New Guinea.

[Jeff Erwin]

Unfortunately the same witch-killing mob violence takes place in West Africa as well.
And rural India.

[Comrade Anklebiter]

[Shudders]

[Sissyl]

The enemy is fear. The enemy is ignorance.

Is it wrong that whenever I hear about this kind of collective problem-solving I think a few well placed meteor swarms or the like would teach the mob something? Someone who chooses to murder as part of a faceless mob... Well, dying as part of a faceless mob really is no loss to humanity. If someone can't respect others as individuals, let them feel just what their shitty collectivism leads to.

[Fergie]

As much as I wish I could dismiss that as ignorant barbarians, I can't help but remember that many countries have institutionalized such acts as the law. Is what happened in Papua New Guinea so different then the stoning of women that goes on in countries like Saudi Arabia?

I think I'm more sickened by the fact that my country ignores stuff like this for the sake of cheep gasoline, then by the fact that some countries are having their version of the Salem witch trials, or lynchings of the last century.

[Hitdice]

No reason we can't be sickened by both of those facts.

[yellowdingo]

Does that mean you are interested in a plan to make the USA a Safe haven for women?