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Man Cuts Off His Genitals to Win Sympathy
Reuters
| Mon Oct 20, 9:28 AM ET
Posted on 10/20/2003 10:28:21 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A Tanzanian man cut off his genitals in an attempt to win sympathy from creditors after squandering their money on prostitutes and alcohol, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
The 24-year-old reached the decision after realizing he could not pay back millions of shillings lent to him by friends and relatives to invest in a business venture.
The Guardian newspaper said the man's condition was improving after he received treatment at his local hospital in the east African country's northern Manyara region.
The report said it was the second such incident in the area in two months. Another man slashed off his genitals upon failing to settle a 300,000 shilling ($287) debt.
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To: Fierce Allegiance
the scary part:
The report said it was the second such incident in the area in two months
To: Fierce Allegiance
A solution to Executive Corruption?
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:30:28 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(No longer a mooch - Proud financial supporter of Free Republic)
To: Fierce Allegiance
That's funny, my ex-girlfriend suggested I try the same thing!
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:30:48 AM PDT
by
Az Joe
To: Fierce Allegiance
If only we could convince welfare recipients in the US with big debts to do the same thing.
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:32:02 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: Fierce Allegiance
BS... my guess is that the people who were owed the money did this to him and told him to be quiet about it.
Kinda like breaking thumbs.
To: Fierce Allegiance
Hmm...Madeline Albright's diplomacy philosophy in practice in the real world...
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:32:42 AM PDT
by
Jalapeno
To: Fierce Allegiance
It worked. He has my sympathy.
To: Fierce Allegiance
I guess pity sex is out.
To: Fierce Allegiance
"The report said it was the second such incident in the area in two months. Another man slashed off his genitals upon failing to settle a 300,000 shilling ($287) debt." This practice was common in early America. This is how the Democrat Party was founded and explains why there are eighty million balless liberal men in our nation to this very day.
To: Fierce Allegiance; sauropod
Well, it worked. He's got my sympathy.
To: hellinahandcart
One minute. Neener neener.
To: Billthedrill
Stop stealing my thoughts and typing them out faster than I can! ;D
To: Fierce Allegiance
I feel sorry for him.
To: Fierce Allegiance
On second thought, maybe a consolidation loan is the way to go...
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10/20/2003 10:37:28 AM PDT
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A Tanzanian man cut off his genitals in an attempt to win sympathy from creditors after squandering their money on prostitutes and alcohol....
No sympathy here. He can still drink.
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:38:51 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: Fierce Allegiance
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:39:37 AM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(The September 11th attacks were clearly Clinton's most consequential legacy. - Rich Lowry)
To: Fierce Allegiance
I think it might have been in ancient Babylon that
folks like this would cut off thier jimmies and toss
them over the garden walls of the rich. Those inside
then had an obligation to take that fresh cut unich in
before he(now it) bled to death and make a servant of
the castrato.
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:39:41 AM PDT
by
Jim Cane
To: Fierce Allegiance
Well at least the Metropolitan Opera Company is always looking for sopranos. That's one way to pay the money back.
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posted on
10/20/2003 10:43:05 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(205.2 (-94.8) Homestretch to 200)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Well, I guess he did address the root cause of his problems.
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