16 novembro 2006

On the (still unbelievable) human stupidity

Humans never cease to amaze me.

During a recent round of executions [in Iraq], on Sept. 6, the rope snapped after 12 hangings, sending a condemned man plummeting 4.6m through the trap door onto the hard concrete floor below. Miraculously, he survived. "Allah saved me!" he shouted, "Allah saved me!". For 40 minutes, prison guards, officials and witnesses engaged in heated arguments over whether or not to interpret the broken rope as divine intervention.

in TIME magazine of November 20, 2006, Vol.168 No.22

1 comentário:

Paula disse...

Provavelmente nao deve ter ficado muito bem depois da queda, mas não há mais detalhes.
Devem ter matado o homem depois presumo, caso contrário não diriam que "durante 40 minutos eles tiveram a discutir".
É tudo doido!