"The comedy of existence has not yet taken" conscience of itself ", And we are still in the time of tragedy, In the time of Morals and Religions "
Nietzsche, The gaya science
All of us who have been here for a while have learned to respect that we live in a different culture, with ancestral beliefs that we cannot and should not manipulate. But, sometimes, Respect goes out of hand and becomes cowardice or comfort. Why do we have to respect that there have been treated mentally as cursed, beaten, and even burned alive? Why an AIDS-infected man can rape his daughter because he believes that having sex with a virgin girl will cure?
Sometimes, Respect for ancestral beliefs goes out of hand and becomes cowardice or comfort
Belief play a causal role in behavior, and there are behaviors that can not be respected or understood. A wretch who performs ablation her daughter is a miserable, it protect him in the belief that protect him. Here are some examples of cases registered in Nairobi:
1-Rose He had an acute crisis of schizophrenia, The relatives did not want to enter her and took her home. When the following week they found their lifeless body (tied to chains, next to a bowl with water and a bowl with food remains) Family members explained that the healer of the town had proposed a ritual to expel the demon from their soul through fasting and prayer. Rose died because - according to his father's words- The demon when leaving his body was angry. No one was able to tell him "Lord, The means to treat your daughter were offered for free and you have chosen to chain her and let her die of starvation. You are a miserable ".
Rose died because, according to his father, The demon when leaving his body was angry
2-Martha you have 9 years, Her mother brought her to the hospital because at her age she did not control the sphincters. Told us above, Like who says that the girl has problems at school, that the father had had sex with the girl two years ago, And that was when the girl began to pee on top. The father had died a few months ago and the woman did not explain why her husband had ill if she had sex with her daughter precisely because they both knew that this was the only solution to get rid of AIDS. None of the doctors in the consultation said anything. No one told that woman “Lady, You and your husband are great miserable ”.
And Kenya There are many programs for AIDS patients in which the entire disease process is explained, in which they are given free medication, in which they are even entered without costs in case it is necessary. If someone uses the rape of a girl (that is not a specific fact) The worst thing can be done is to understand it, Excuse or cover it.
The woman did not explain why her husband died of AIDS if she had sex with her daughter, For her the only solution to get rid of the disease
The hypocrisy of the media in this country catches my attention a lot, that occasionally they publish any news talking about a similar case as if it were something exceptional. They are media cases that end with the rapist's condemnation, of the murderer or the miserable on duty. Cases that, If the reader does not know well the reality of the Rural Kenya, They can make you believe they are an exception. But they are not. There are many injustices that camouflage themselves with poverty, With the lack of means, With ignorance, and that they must not stop being punished or denounced.
3-Yesterday a patient with acute gastroenteritis explained that drinking fresh blood from a chicken a day was the most effective remedy against Ebola. In case. In case it arrives in Kenya. He worked, said, and had contrasted it scientifically speaking (Without spreading) With a Congolese who had cough.
Many injustices camouflage poverty or ignorance, but not for that reason they must stop being punished or denounced
4-Puts freshly cut onion in the vagina after having sex prevents unwanted pregnancies and AIDS.
5-The cure for schizophrenia and mental retardation is to lock the patient in a room with pork bones hanging from the ceiling. Until it passes.
And we could write a book with crazy and harmful remedies, But this is just a complaint, An anger, A call to stop observing these cases as if they were an exotic show or features of the cultural identity of a people. Let's stop counting it as anecdotes and tell it angry, Let's report, Let's stop confusing empathy with cowardice, Let us allow the right to not seem normal. Let's stop justifying the unjustifiable.
