Mexican Villagers Stone Witch to Death

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[Clemenza]

Nope. Anglos at one time ACCEPTED cockfighting, including Thomas Jefferson. As I said it still is legal in parts of the American South.

I too prefer baseball, btw, although my Mets have been performing so poorly that I might start going to a Carribean neighborhood to watch cricket, to say nothing of cockfighting.

[Brownie74]

Excellent points. I am not sure who practices what but some parts of Miami is or was a mess the last time I was down there.

[Clemenza]

"Miami" (the catch all phrase for Miami-Dade County) is actually a fun place to live (and the only place in Florida that I enjoy) if you pick the right neighborhood. Stay away from the northern part of the county (Ya Mon) and you should maintain your "Ju-Ju" or "Mojo."

[FITZ]

Cock fighting isn't really all that bad and they use those razors so it's over in just a couple minutes but I don't think horse tripping should be legal at all. What they do in that is very cruel.

[The Red Zone]

That does appear to be biblical, that sometimes unbelievers are permitted to use the name of Jesus to drive out demons.

[maxwell]

I know a Mexican who was playing baseball and he noticed 3 women from the other team's side give him the evil eye and he lost use of his arm for over a year. It turns out they were brujas and going to several medical doctors didn't help ---he got the use of his arm after he finally went to a good bruja to get the spell undone.

Awwwww c'mon... Are you sure he wasn't so discombobulated at being evil-eyed that he accidentally threw his own arm out? And bruja buena gave him good enough vibes that (a mind is a powerful thing) he unconsciously talked himself out of the injury, so to speak?

Hey, I'm a scientist; I'm supposed to be skeptical. I just have to wonder about these voodoo stories though-- I know that I myself will exaggerate to make a better story, and one's perception tends to be highly exaggerated in moments of emotion or stress...
I'm thinking of a gentleman whom I overheard describing his missionary experiences in South America-- his extreme pentacostalism made it difficult to determine how much of his tale he actually observed, and the rest was just fantastical to the point of (my) difficulty in keeping a straight face... I don't question his good intentions but he was an obvious exaggerator who loved to tell a thrilling story, hallelujah, and the Good Lord only knows what happened down there.

[It's me]

...one of our cutomers was a group of witches...

Hmmmmm

[It's me]

...I hope it makes a comeback in this country, but I am not holding my breath. In most cockfights, ...

Yeah, great, a comeback. That's what brought the dreaded avian Newcastles disease to So. California. Cockfighting! Great "sport" watching chickens with razors in their claws fight to the death.

[nmh]

"Since the 1960s, San Juan Chamula has seen numerous killings and confrontations as "traditional" Catholics -- who mix pre-Hispanic Indian rites with Roman liturgy -- battle to expel evangelical Protestants. "

Catholicism wraps itself around the "culture". It matters not if the "culture" includes this or not. So when Protestant come along and try to get them reading the Bible and seeing the error of their beliefs, it becomes an emotional issue with killings of Christians.

[FITZ]

I think it is the power of the mind ---if you believe someone has put a hex on you and you believe they have that power, I think you can physically be affected. To me it's like Americans who say they got antibiotics from a doctor and it cured their cold or flu. Or who believe OTC medicines cured them of a cold. The placebo effect is real here too.

[Cacique]

I actually prefer a comeback of gladiatorial combat. That way we can make convicts fight to the death, charge admitions, balance the budget and empty out our prisons.

[FITZ]

From what I understand, the "good" ones are believers, they do believe in Christ but they believe in magic also ---it's a mix of pre-Columbian traditions with Catholicism.

[The Red Zone]

What's silly to me are those folks who offer somethingl ike a $100,000 reward for a lab demonstration of some spiritual phenomenon. As if either Satan or God is going to be moved by that. They don't want money, they want souls.

[this_ol_patriot]

Agnes moorehead

As I get older she gets better looking. Must be witchcraft.