tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post6901281336484518500..comments2024-03-02T00:44:55.128-08:00Comments on Pleiotropy: Witch hunt in The GambiaBjørn Østmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08859177313382114917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post-83845460926136383872009-03-20T12:48:00.000-07:002009-03-20T12:48:00.000-07:00So The Gambia has a totalitarian dictator who's ro...So The Gambia has a totalitarian dictator who's rounding up terrori--I mean, communi--no, wait, witches, to torture and imprison and thereby demonstrate his fearsome and absolute power to the huddled masses. It's a sad testament to the state of "President" Jammeh's country that he decided witches were the faceless enemy he could most easily get away with targeting.<BR/><BR/>What's most infuriating to me is how Pentecostal missionaries made the African witch hunting problem much worse. Like in <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/dec/09/tracymcveigh.theobserver" REL="nofollow">Nigeria</A>. People have combined the weirdest demon-happy versions of Pentecostalism with fragments of local animist superstitions into a toxic cocktail of hate and oppression of the weak.<BR/><BR/>Gaah!Fiat Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10441862977921307080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post-73770211208432381672009-03-19T21:04:00.000-07:002009-03-19T21:04:00.000-07:00"The Netherlands" are going to file an official pr..."The Netherlands" are going to file an official protest imminently.Chris Adamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447043823985095127noreply@blogger.com