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Raman Legend Username: Raman Post Number: 43108 Registered: 01-2009 Posted From: 49.207.185.84 Rating: N/A |
anduke kada gsbs ran away to areas which are in maharastra karnataka kerla now | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 38648 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 59.189.216.76 Rating: N/A |
Torture of a crudely surgical nature was used by the Holy Office as an expedient to obtain a confession. In the chamber of torture, the accused was adjured, in the presence of two Inquisitors and the Diocesan bishop, to tell the truth about his relapse and unburden his conscience. If they did not confess satisfactorily, the executioner, a physician and a surgeon were called in. A notary was also present to keep a record of the proceedings. And he did faithfully record all that passed, including the shrieking ejaculations and the patient’s piteous appeals for mercy or to be put to death (en passant: the word ‘patient’ is used in the Manual of Regulations of the Inquisition for the heretic; from the Latin patientem — suffering person, enduring without complaint). Ordinarily, the torture of polé (pulleys) was administered for the entry-level heretic. The patient’s hands were tied behind his back and then with a cord around his wrists, he was hoisted from the floor (with weights to his feet) to the accompaniment of the psalm Miserere and then suspended as long as was desired. Following this, he was allowed to fall with a jerk for a short distance. Then, Miserere again. That was the house style. On occasions when the physician felt that on account of weakness the accused could not stand the polé, the torture of potro was given. This was a prototype of the Guantanamo waterboarding sessions, but with an iron prong distending the mouth and a variety of garrottes cutting into the flesh. Lesser forms of torment included leg crushers and breast rippers, applications of boiling oil and burning sulphur and candles held beneath the armpits, and so on. The Goan chapter of the Big I, by the year 1600, was at full tilt and had earned the acclaim of being the most sinister and sadistic in all Christendom. "We are Indians, firstly and lastly." - Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar | ||
Bushu Hero Username: Bushu Post Number: 11946 Registered: 04-2009 Posted From: 96.237.166.145 Rating: N/A |
how a staunch veggie brahmin ends up being a pork, beef loving portuguese culture christian? a chilling account of what happened during 'conversions' 300 yrs back; http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/talk/from-sardesais- to-ribeiros/article8253439.ece |