Civilization at its finest!

Wouldn't doubt it.

Though he was seen as mildly raciist at the time - he wouldn't be now. I think the Beeb could probably get away with re-runs in the name of nostalgia but if they tried to make a comedy with similar language it would provoke wide-spread outrage, Mender.

Didn't Yaki indian sorcerors bury themselves to purify their spirit? It certainly seems fairly crazy but not quite as bad as burning the wife with the rest of the dead husband's posessions.

Well, look at it this way, RD: at least they pull them out again. It'd be far worse if they didn't...

Stupid shit man...stupid shit!

I find FGM (that's Female Genital Mutilation) far, far stupider, and far more widespread, unfortunately.

There are different classifications of shit Archergirl... Stupid Shit Mean Shit Bad Shit Dumb Shit Ugly Shit Ignorant Shit Bull Shit Horse Shit Dog Shit just to name a few. I'd put Female Genital Mutilation in the "Bad Shit" category. Bad shit man...

I would agree with that assessment, MH. Or maybe, 'sick shit'.

Sick shit...I'd put things like eating your neighbors spleen and storing their intestines in your freezer in the "Sick Shit" category...

I guess it depends on whether the neighbor is still attached, or still alive. Organ donations, anyone? And I would put the removal of a six-year-old girl's entire 'private parts' with a rusted and unclean razor blade, and stitching it up without anasthetic, leaving only a small opening for urination and reproduction (sometimes requiring the re-cutting of said opening to allow the male to enter) into the category of 'sick shit', RD. I've seen pictures from Somalia: there's nothing left but a smooth expanse of skin with a thick scar up the centre, where folds and petals used to be. Truly, truly horrific.

That was more information than I needed. I am familiar with the problem. Care to hear about what a mans head exploding from a shot with 40 mm high explosive grenade launcher looks like?

Tearing thousands of foetuses from wombs as if it were no big matter.... just a little inconvenience. How would you classify that? Let us not forget that the 'civilised world' has some traditions that are considered heinous by many others. I agree with your stupid shit asessment of the burying kids alive for a minute, malarkey. I often wonder how these traditions started off... there must have been a first bloke somewhere... "I have been having some really tough shit of late... I know, I'll take my little kid and..."

I've seen 'Saving Private Ryan', RD. If it's anything like that, then I have a pretty good idea. I think people wasting time/energy/money on inventing stuff like 40mm high explosive grenades is some sick shit, too.