waltappel 1 #1 September 18, 2006 From Reuter's: Quote Village elders order trial by boiling oil Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:45am ET NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The leaders of a village in the Indian state of Rajasthan ordered 150 men to dip their hands into boiling oil to prove their innocence after food was stolen from a local school, a newspaper reported Sunday. In late August the school's principal informed police that rice and wheat had disappeared but no action was taken, the Sunday Express said. The council, or panchayat, of Ranpur village, 340 km (210 miles) south of state capital Jaipur, then decided to take the law into its own hands. After 10 days spent trying to identify those responsible, it issued what the paper called the "medieval diktat." The 150 men from Ranpur and two neighboring hamlets were told to pick a copper ring from a cauldron of boiling oil. The council elders then announced that the 50 who refused the order must be behind the crime. Many are now nursing their burns. "We would have been ostracized had we refused. Out of fear all of us agreed. This is not the first time this has been done," said one 45-year-old man. He has now testified against the elders, who have been arrested. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #2 September 18, 2006 India still stuck in the middle ages? "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #3 September 18, 2006 Would some one in the Salem area care to shed a little more light on this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #4 September 18, 2006 QuoteWould some one in the Salem area care to shed a little more light on this? I wonder if everyone laughs when the head village elder loudy announces, "I have a new medieval diktat." Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #5 September 18, 2006 QuoteWould some one in the Salem area care to shed a little more light on this? ________________________________ Didn't thety close the 'season' on witches in Salem? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #6 September 18, 2006 Quote I wonder if everyone laughs when the head village elder loudy announces, "I have a new medieval diktat." Walt I'm sure they do. Tribal diktats went out of style years ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #7 September 18, 2006 You don't need to look as far as India for this. Something similar happened on the indian reservation here in RI a few years ago. A young boy was caught stealing, but instead of being left to local law enforcement they handed him over to the tribal elders who handed down a very ancient form punishment, in the form of some kind of humiliation (don't remember exactly). JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #8 September 18, 2006 QuoteThe council, or panchayat, of Ranpur village, 340 km (210 miles) south of state capital Jaipur, then decided to take the law into its own hands. Was that pun in the story intended? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #9 September 18, 2006 Burn doctors make a killing...jailers are going hungry. Go figure.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
