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Scalping
11 February 2005There's an echo of faith -- violent, scary faith -- in this AP report on a scalping in Idaho. A 26-year-old woman scalped a 16-year-old girl because the girl had allegedly been disrespectful to women. Both belonged to what AP identifies as a "punk clique." Sounds like a secular sect to The Revealer. AP seems puzzled by this strange behavior; we suspect pseudo-religious belief is the key to understanding what is clearly a deeply symbolic, ritualized crime. The Idaho Statesman doesn't offer much more information.
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