Mutilated to supply human flesh ( AIDS orphans in Africa)

[mom cat]

Warning...very heart wrenching.



Mutilated to supply human flesh
Body parts are in demand in the black magic medicine markets of Africa, writes Gavin du Venage in Maputo, Mozambique
August 25, 2004

IT took two grown men to hold a screaming 10-year-old Samuel Luis down as they cut off his genitals.

They wanted to take his heart as well but a neighbour heard his shrieks and chased his attackers away.

Samuel is one of the few survivors of a muti (traditional medicine) attack that is motivated by the belief that human organs make potent traditional cures and spells for a variety of ailments, from impotence to poverty.

"The first time I saw something like this I cried, but eventually one gets used to it," said Alice Mabota, president of the Maputo-based Human Rights League, an organisation at the forefront of the fight against the practice.


http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10559662%255E2703,00.html

[thecrow]

1. This is way beyond HORRIBLE!!!

I am crying for that little boy, and for untold numbers of others like him.

[mom cat]

2. Me too. I can't find words for how I feel.

[bleedingheart]

3. that is so grotesque that I can't even fathom a person who

could do that to someone.

that is just absolutely disgusting and horrifying.

I wonder how many like Samuel are not fortunate enough to survive or receive follow up treatment to try and fix the damage they suffer.

[Kinkistyle]

4. "The first time I saw something like this I cried"

...but eventually one gets used to it,"

Damn. Can you believe getting USED to something like that? I feel like crying and I just heard about it. I can't believe in this day and age, with all we have and know, crap like this still happens. We should be doing more to educate and help people in Africa, but unfortunately toppling impotent dictators for oil and "American Idol" is more important. :cry:

[barb162]

5. the sheer sociopathic nature of this practice

don't have words....

[Radius]

6. My God, I've read some horrible things, this is by far the worst (nt)

[jbane]

7. Africa is in...

Africa is in a state of total collapse of any type of social order. More countries will resemble Somalia as the years go by. The world has ignored these problems and now it may be too late.