India to toughen law on burning widows

**Grub** · 18th July 2007, 12:39

Originally Posted by Stuff, Reuters | Wednesday, 18 July 2007

India plans to tighten laws against sati, the ancient custom of widows burning themselves alive, by holding entire communities responsible and increasing penalties to up to life imprisonment, officials said. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4131435a12.html

Bloody PC world that we live in!

What the hell are we going to do if we can't add a widow-burning to our tour itinerary when we go to India?

FFS ... is there nothing sacred left in the world?

**canarlee** · 18th July 2007, 12:42

got a link to that news report?

**Grub** · 18th July 2007, 12:49

Originally Posted by canarlee

got a link to that news report?

front page on Stuff.co.nz

**canarlee** · 18th July 2007, 12:55

you mean this?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4131435a12.html

thats a link!

**Grub** · 18th July 2007, 13:04

You mean like the one in the original post?

**Oakie** · 18th July 2007, 13:11

So it'll be harder for the young Indian guys to find a 'hot' widow....

**peasea** · 18th July 2007, 17:23

Originally Posted by Grub

Bloody PC world that we live in!

What the hell are we going to do if we can't add a widow-burning to our tour itinerary when we go to India?

FFS ... is there nothing sacred left in the world?

It's terrible isn't it?

I heard today there was a Muslim who poured petrol all over his bod' and then set fire to himself in our very own neighbourhood! He died, naturally. The locals are having a collection for his family and latest count was eighty litres.

**peasea** · 18th July 2007, 17:25

Originally Posted by Grub

You mean like the one in the original post?

Do you have to tie them to a post?

**Chrislost** · 18th July 2007, 19:50

Originally Posted by peasea

It's terrible isn't it?

I heard today there was a Muslim who poured petrol all over his bod' and then set fire to himself in our very own neighbourhood! He died, naturally. The locals are having a collection for his family and latest count was eighty litres.

make sure you chain them up or they might run into your house and set fire to everything!
dunno how many virgins they will get tho!

**peasea** · 18th July 2007, 20:14

Originally Posted by Chrislost

make sure you chain them up or they might run into your house and set fire to everything!
dunno how many virgins they will get tho!

In India? Not many I'd wager, my brother lived there for three years.

**Skyryder** · 18th July 2007, 20:42

Not much of a punishment you can give a dead person.

I think the practice is called suttee. Something like that.

Skyryder

**xwhatsit** · 18th July 2007, 22:16

Originally Posted by Skyryder

Not much of a punishment you can give a dead person.

I think the practice is called suttee. Something like that.

Skyryder

Lol, that's why I've always found the fact that suicide being illegal very interesting, although there's probably more to it than that.

At any rate, that's not the case here -- mentioned was the fact that they were going to hold `entire communities responsible', so I suppose your job is to stop the local widow from lighting herself on fire. I don't really like that idea, if the woman a few houses down wants to light herself on fire I don't see why it should be my responsibility. Likewise, if I want to light myself on fire I don't see why my neighbour should get locked up for it.