Sickend beyond expression

[elfs]

There are just some things I cannot express myself.

A Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim mother helps her son beat himself with a sword during a ceremony of Ashoura held in Nabatiyeh, March 13, 2003. Shiites in Lebanon commemorate the killing of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, by his rival over 1,400 years ago.

Picture of young boy, maybe nine or ten, bloodied by his own hand during ritual.

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Reminds me of a great quote I read once: "Multiculturalism rarely survives contact with another culture."