Shiists bleeding themselves.

[sgrunterundt]

http://politiken.dk/fotografier/nyhederfoto/ECE1144714/foto-se-shiiter-slaa-sig-selv-til-blods-i-religioest-optog/

Sorry the tekst is in danish. The pictures are the important thing. Basically it is Shia muslims that are hitting themselves in the head until they bleed as part of a religious holiday. Most of the pictures just made me shake my head and be happy that I am not that stupid. Picture 5, 8 and 9 made me angry. How can they do that?

 

[BrainBlow]

Eh, I can name worse things that the general majority simple pass off as "its their culture".

 

[Avatra1]

They are idiots.

Child abuse, nothing but child abuse.

Cultural or not, if you are doing stupid shit, you are doing *stupid shit.

Just because it's "cultural" doesn't mean it's moral, ethical, healthy, or a good thing to do.

*And I should know, in Sweden we have a dance called "the little frogs // Smॠgrodorna" Goggle it, and be appalled, but to be fair, we stole the melody from the french. it's quite a fun thing to do though, and there's less blood to clean up.

A big "emo train" with emotionally unstable people bashing their heads with sharp blades and cutting their children is nothing I find "cultural" acceptable. Especially since the bloke they are in blood for died 680 years ago.

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(I wonder if it's a big " I'm more pious then you" kind of event)

 

[sgrunterundt]

"Smॠgrodorna" Goggle it, and be appalled

:lol:

 

[nasher168]

The dance involves movements that illustrate body parts that frogs lack

WTF?


Anyway, more seriously, those pictures 5, 8 and 9 are the most fucked up things I've seen all day. Especially 8.

 

[SpaceCDT]

http://politiken.dk/fotografier/nyhederfoto/ECE1144714/foto-se-shiiter-slaa-sig-selv-til-blods-i-religioest-optog/

Sorry the tekst is in danish. The pictures are the important thing. Basically it is Shia muslims that are hitting themselves in the head until they bleed as part of a religious holiday. Most of the pictures just made me shake my head and be happy that I am not that stupid. Picture 5, 8 and 9 made me angry. How can they do that?

Yeah, the pictures with small children make me angry. That's messed up in a big way.

 

[Laurens]

Some Buddhist monks mummify themselves...

Why? I have absolutely no clue, seems a bit pointless really.

 

[FaithlessThinker]

Some Buddhist monks mummify themselves...

What exactly do you mean by "mummify themselves"? Egyptians also mummified their leaders, but such mummification occurred only after the recipient's death. Does the mummification of the referred Buddhists monks involve suicide? If yes, how so?

 

[Laurens]

Some Buddhist monks mummify themselves...

What exactly do you mean by "mummify themselves"? Egyptians also mummified their leaders, but such mummification occurred only after the recipient's death. Does the mummification of the referred Buddhists monks involve suicide? If yes, how so?

I don't know much about it other than the fact that some monks have done so in the past, so I thought I would refer you to the wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu