Mob of 300 burn 11 witches for "making children dumb".

[ohiosmith]

Kenya mob reportedly burns 11 ‘witches’
Police say locals accused women and men of ‘bewitching’ their children


Residents of the western Kenyan village of Nyakeo peep through the window of a house where a person was killed by villagers on suspicion of being involved in witchcraft activities.

updated 11:37 a.m. PT, Wed., May. 21, 2008
NAIROBI, Kenya - A group of up to 300 young men have burned to death 11 people suspected of being witches and wizards in western Kenya — in some cases slitting their victims' throats or clubbing them to death before burning their bodies, officials said.

The gang moved from home to home through two villages, identifying their victims by using a list with names of suspected witches and wizards and the kind of spells they were believed to have cast on the community, said Ben Makori, a local councilor.

"The villagers are complaining that the (suspected) wizards and witches are making the bright children in the community dumb.... These (suspected) witches are not doing good things to us," Makori told The Associated Press on the phone.

link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24759141>1=43001

[skygazer]

1. One thing I've always wondered about idiots who burn "witches"

Doesn't it ever occur to them that if the person really was a witch, he or she could cast spells or make magic that would keep them from being burned?

I suppose trying to apply logic to a mob mentality is one of my bigger wastes of time.

[timtom]

2. That's so true.

And it's related to "If had weapons of mass destruction, wouldn't they use them after repeated threats from assholes like the Bush administration?"

Sorry. Had to get the political dig in there.

[TheMightyFavog]

3. Let me gues...

Thier criteria for these people being witches was seeing if they weigh the same as a duck.

[NewJeffCT]

4. that's a fair court

if she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood.

and therefore?

a witch! burn!

[quip]

7. She turned me into a newt!

(I got better)

[Deep13]

5. Jesus fucking Christ!

This is so appauling I can't even think straight. A mass murder for no other reason than superstitious ignorance!

Apparently the spell works since they are all fucking idiots. Goddammit! My gut feeling tells me that the only justice at this point would be to find all of the perpetrators and beat them to death in the street.

:grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr:

[sakabatou]

6. Oh the irony!

But so sad.