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DaisyVo1212


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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/18/international/i075556D87.DTL



Authorities in Gambia have rounded up 1,00 people accused of being witches and forced them to drink hallucinogens.

President Yahya Jamneh was said to be responsible for this. He seized power in a 1994 coup and claimed he can cure AIDS.  The President's aunt died early this year, and Jamneh reportedly accused witchcratf of causing her death, said a London- based rights group.

Over 300 men and women were forced to leave their villages at gunpoint for the President's personal farm, where they were beaten severly and were forced to confess to being witches.

Many died from the assault.


this is soooooo messed up!!

What do you guys should be done to stop this?

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Anyone who still believe in this bunch of craziness obviously hasnt read the Crucible
...which I really hated but it just proves WITCH CRAFT ISNT REALLLLLLLLLLL


so what we should do is put on an international play :)

-- Edited by Vanessabug on Wednesday 18th of March 2009 06:43:50 PM

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haha good idea vanessa
either that or we give a copy of the movie to everyone haha

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this is stupid witch craft isnt real and i dnt know why people still believe in it

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witchcraft - does it exist?

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/15/1868918-witchcraft-rumor-sparks-riot-at-congo-soccer-game

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Although this kind of stuff makes me pretty upset, I don't think it's America's job to police the world. The international court could/should call him out on this though.

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How can a person this ridiculious be the president to anything, he probally took one of those hallucinogens.

-- Edited by Ankz on Wednesday 18th of March 2009 06:48:15 PM

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well obviously someone needs to go help these people and get that president out of power. this is so sad i cant even imagian what i would do in this situation... probably flee the country.



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THank you Mrs. Cav, but that article really doesn't PROVE that witchcraft exists.

it makes me mad that people use witchcraft as an excuse to accuse innocent people of wrongdoing....and it seems like a lot of people in Africa still believe in witchcraft, which is sad :(



-- Edited by DaisyVo1212 on Wednesday 18th of March 2009 06:55:05 PM

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I have noticed that people are accused of witchcraft in this area because there is alway a lot of articles on witchcraft coming from this area.

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DaisyVo1212 wrote:

THank you Mrs. Cav, but that articles really doesn't PROVE that witchcraft exist.

it makes me mad that people use witchcraft as an excuse to accuse innocent people of wrongdoing....and it seems like a lot of people in Africa still believe in witchcraft, which is sad :(


I understand that the article doesn't PROVE that witchcraft exists, but it begs the question, do things exist simply because people believe in them?!  Certainly the people willing to riot over allegations of witchcraft believe in its efficacy!

Is this any different than a religious faith - if there lacks concrete proof, but people's belief makes them feel better and behave a certain way, does religion "exist" any less than something that IS proven by some empirical data?  

If people engage in the tradition of gift-giving as "Santa," leaving milk and cookies, reading "The Night Before Christmas," etc., does Santa Claus really not exist because a man in a red suit doesn't circumnavigate the globe in one night?  Does prayer heal (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1879016,00.html)? 

A deep philosophical question, but an important one.

 



-- Edited by MrsCavalluzzi on Wednesday 18th of March 2009 06:58:17 PM

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i dont think that exists. but i dont know everything there is to know :)

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ugh, why oh why do people believe
in this stuff?
why kill innocent people?

what the heck is wrong with that president?
he needs like serious HELP!

this article is so sad. :(


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