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muriel_volestrangler

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4. That is, of course, one of the worst things about this

Reply to rug (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 15, 2016, 03:27 PM

Jan 2016

They're taking it in their stride, as if this was an acceptable outcome. They should be renouncing their beliefs that have ended up brainwashing a child into disfiguring himself for life with extreme violence.

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Pakistani boy cuts off own hand after blasphemy mistake: police [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 OP

Wow. trotsky Jan 2016 #1

Then I'm sure you will be pleased with the last sentence of the article. rug Jan 2016 #3

That is, of course, one of the worst things about this muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #4

I don't see how a child cutting off his hand would not result in a police report. rug Jan 2016 #5

If it did happen (and I can see that some skepticism is warranted ) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #6

Interview with him; he went to the mosque first with the hand, and then they took him to hospital muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #12

Tahnks for the update. That's a lot more plausible. rug Jan 2016 #14

What a travesty. This is the result of religious indoctrination. cleanhippie Jan 2016 #16

It's a developing story, Trotsky. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2016 #13

Your disdain for facts is noted. rug Jan 2016 #15

Exactly cleanhippie Jan 2016 #17

As mush as I despise Pat Robertson, this kind of barbaric support is far worse Reter Jan 2016 #2

Religion !!! Iggo Jan 2016 #7

Absolutely horrific. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #8

This is your brain on religion... backscatter712 Jan 2016 #9

Yes. rug Jan 2016 #10

That can't be right. They're not scrambled. Must be the early stage of indoctrination. cleanhippie Jan 2016 #11