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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Solon who wrote (23226)8/20/2001 10:19:43 AM
From: E  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
It's a conservative position as opposed to a 'progressive' one, but 'conservative' means, in this case, nothing to do with George Bush; it means that it's part of a complex of traditional, religious, folk beliefs about the potency of innocent young life for creating good luck; in 'muti,' a type of ritualistic traditional medicine, children are commonly the victims of propitiatory sacrifice.