Tough times in South Africa these days. As food prices go up, there’s going to be a lot more misery in the world.
The Brazen Bull may have a contender for “worst way to be killed”:
The country has also seen a disturbing throwback to the 1980s apartheid-era lynching tactic of “necklacing,” which was widely used in the townships at the time.
Used on suspected informants, the “necklace” is a car tire, filled with petrol, put around the person’s neck and set alight.
If the description doesn’t do it for ya, images.google.com “necklacing” and prepare to be horrified. It’s amazing and sad what horrors people will bring on each other.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I hear some of the aliens say that Earth is the worst planet to travel to, this side of the Local Group.