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Subject: Re: Indiana Jones #2, Horrific Scene (** - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 1-Jun-84 15:24:00 EDT
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uiucuxc!usadaca    Jun  1 14:24:00 1984

if you are using gratuitous to mean that the scene was unrelated to fact
and was used merely to shock or astound, boy, are you wrong! The Thuggi
cult did in actuality worship Kali, the consort at one time or another,
of Shiva, with live human sacrifices. the practice of ripping out the
heart was partly to prove that the sacrifice was alive. it aslo had other,
more mystic symbolism. this human sacrifice, rip out the heart business
was practised in many other parts of the world (Aztecs, the ancient warrior
society of Zoroaster, the Mithradates, early Babylonian and Hittite sects, etc.)i do agree that the scene might have been handled in a less direct manner...
but Hollywood, for the past few years, has been a super-realistic, give-em-
lots-of-gore kick. It just happens that this scene is part of the secret
Thuggi Kali sacrifice ritual.

And here you thought all the Thuggi's were dead, didn't you? Just watch out
for the little metal wire that a Thuggi uses (usually from behind)!

:wq