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Hunting for humans

  • 07-06-2016 6:34pm
    #1
    RobertKK
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    http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/07/africa/africa-albino-hunted-bones-malawi/

    In Malawi, there has been a large in crease in the hunting of albinos for their bones, which idiots believe will bring happiness, wealth and good luck.
    People with albinism are being killed and dismembered for their bones.
    There is also the myth that if you have AIDS and you have sex with an albino your AIDS will be cured.

    There are about 10,000 people with albinism in Malawi. These people are being hunted like animals.
    It is like the poachers who cut tusks off elephants or the horns off rhinos.
    In one case, a 17 year old albino went out to watch a soccer game. He never returned. His body was found in Mozambique with all his limbs chopped off and the bones removed.
    Witch doctors are buying the bones.

    It is shocking what goes on in this world, the inhumanity of some humans is staggering.


Comments

  • #2
    Your Face
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    This is not a black and white issue.


  • #3
    jimgoose
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    What's got Billy so spooked??


  • #4
    genericguy
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    Absolutely.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    It is like the poachers who cut tusks off elephants or the horns off rhinos...

    It's not.

    It's far worse.


  • #6
    Stigura
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    Blacks wanting Whites out of their Hood? Nothing to see here.


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  • #7
    jimboblep
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    jimgoose wrote: »
    What's got Billy so spooked??

    That damn nose of his


  • #8
    Mr. Incognito
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    About the only good use i could think of for fake tan.

    Horrible smelly stuff.

    RIP Milk


  • #9
    jimgoose
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    Mr. Incognito wrote: »
    About the only good use i could think of for fake tan.

    Horrible smelly stuff.

    RIP Milk

    I have it on good authority that covering yourself in mud defeats the alien's thermal imaging and gives you a fighting chance.


  • #10
    Canis Lupus
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    *shrugs* That's Africans for you.


  • #11
    Fleawuss
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    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    *shrugs* That's Africans for you.

    Bullshyte. That's irrationality for you. That's belief in witch doctors for you. sime of the beliefs that still underpin Irish law are rooted in irrationality too and utterly nonsensical beliefs.


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  • #12
    genericguy
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    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    *shrugs* That's Africans for you.

    Agreed. They have a massive tendency towards despots and superstition


  • #13
    Saipanne
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    TIA.


  • #14
    Big Nasty
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    Saw a black (person) Albino recently in a hospital. Strangest looking thing I ever saw.

    Also have an old friend (white) living in Malawi. :eek:


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    It's not.

    It's far worse.

    One can only wish this would put the death of a certain captive animal in real perspective.


  • #16
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Would an albino from Malawi be allowed in a pub in Temple Bar?


  • #17
    wakka12
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    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Saw a black (person) Albino recently in a hospital. Strangest looking thing I ever saw.

    Also have an old friend (white) living in Malawi. :eek:

    It seems more common in black poeple than white people. Ive only seen one white albino person in ireland and 3 albino black people despite the much smaller amount of black people here. Maybe I saw more white albinos than I thought but just didnt notice they were paler than other irish people, maybe they dyed their hair


  • #18
    The Ging and I
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    genericguy wrote: »
    Agreed. They have a massive tendency towards despots and superstition
    Sounds like the Healy-Rays .


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