Its called sati or sutee and it is still going on today. The old idea is that when the husband dies, his widow should be buried or burned with him as an honor, because it makes her "pure" as opposed to becoming impure as a widow. Still exists today and some women who are so indoctrinated into the Hindu superstious crap actually want to be killed to maintain the "honor" of the family.
I am sure Buck and that idiot Nabby will find something satvic in it and defend it as part of the ancient code of male dominated idiocy that still rules the land of the veda that gave birth to such huckster fraud con artists as Marshy, Sai Baba, Muktananda and Amma. Go figger. ------------------------------ On Sat, 4/12/14, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ah, mother India, "home of all knowledge" To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, April 12, 2014, 9:07 PM Did they pass a law outlawign "assisted suicide" of widows who were expected to throw themselves into their husband's funeral pyre to show how devoted they were? I'm guessing this guy wants to repeal those laws also... L ---In [email protected], <noozguru@...> wrote : This wouldn't surprise anyone who has been to India. It isn't the "Shangri-La" that many western spiritual enthusiasts imagine. Think Mexico. And now the pendulum is swing from the liberals to the conservatives nutcase BJP. On 04/12/2014 05:16 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: It's good for Neo-Hindus to have a role model: 'Women Who Have Sex Outside Marriage Should Be Hanged And Rape Is No Big Deal' 'Women Who Have Sex Outside Marriage Should B...It seems that politicians in India's largest and most politically important state are currently trying to outdo each other by making the most shocking statement pos... View on www.huffingtonpost...Preview by Yahoo
