I know that you're all clamoring some hilarious no-you-di'int-tary on the disastrous need for a Holy Plunger in The Lord's Indian Toilet, but there's nothing I can say about that part of the world that God hasn't already said better.

Instead, I offer you this story in the same kick-'em-when-they're-down vein. The setting: that other hell-on-Earth, Africa. The article tells of a group of 20 young men who beat their male nurse to death with clubs for "not properly looking after" them during a ritual circumcision ceremony.

Now assume for a moment that the "clubs" mentioned above are not euphemistic, and that the whole story is not actually the scenario for a gay porn film called something like Kunta Kin-Gay. In that frame of mind, I ask you: Is any way other than evacuation the proper way to care for someone during circumcision sans anesthetic?

It's just another reason why Africa's slogan should be "On the Precipice of the 19th Century."

Analogcabin @ 10:57 AM
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