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  • Brunei Sharia Law Going Into Effect

    Hassanal Bolkiah, 67, The Sultan of Brunei, plans to begin enforcing Sharia law for Muslims and non-Muslims on Thursday, despite concerns from human rights campaigners and international watchdog groups. In the Arabic-speaking world, Sharia, also known as Islāmī qānūn, means the moral code and religious law of a prophetic religion.

    Sharia deals with many of the same topics addressed by secular law, including politics, crime and economics, as well as with personal matters such as sexual intercourse, hygiene, diet, prayer, general etiquette and fasting. Punishments include amputation, beheading, flogging, stoning, blinding, severing of the spinal cord, burying alive, hanging, burning alive and crucifixion.

    Bolkiah warned that anyone who took to social media to protest his mandate might be prosecuted. “It is because of our need that Allah the Almighty, in all his generosity, has created laws for us, so that we can utilize them to obtain justice,” the Sultan commented. It would seem a Tweet might warrant some medium-strength flogging in Brunei under the impending the new laws.

    During a speech yesterday, Bolkiah explained how he would introduce Sharia in three phases – “Today I place my faith in, and am grateful to Allah the almighty, to announce that tomorrow, Thursday, May 1, 2014, will see the enforcement of sharia law phase one, to be followed by the other phases.” The phases are likely to begin with fines and jail sentences, and could graduate to crucifixion.

    Bolkiah, said to be worth roughly $20 billion, is likely going to see a problem with his ties to the U.K. The Sultan presently pays for a garrison of 1,000 British soldiers known as the Royal Gurkha Rifles, who are stationed in the Southeast Asian country. Great Britain’s Ministry of Defense had asked authorities in Brunei to clarify whether the new laws would have any impact on the their troops. The outcome of that communication has yet to be made public.

    Commenting on the Sultan’s new edict, Anicée Van Engeland, a lecturer in law at SOAS, University of London stated, “When rulers do this, it is usually for domestic political reasons.” Bolkiah said he wished to reduce the “challenges” of globalization, mainly the use of the internet.

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  • Gaming Jeopardizes player’s Life And Feet

    Roxanne Myers was doing some research on gaming addiction for her senior thesis when she decided to join a weekend-long gaming challenge to add some substance to her study. After over a day and many hours of being seated at her desk competing in the challenge, she fell asleep. She was exhausted and needed the rest. The only problem was, she fell asleep cross-legged thereby cutting the circulation off from he lower legs.

    According to Myers, she suffers from a pre-existing condition which makes her prone to blood clots. Because of her exhaustion she did not feel the pressure in her legs start to build and when she woke up her legs were severely swollen and she had blood clots all throughout her body. She could not walk and had to call for help to be transported to the hospital.

    The prognosis from physicians was grim. Her right foot would have to be almost entirely amputated and many of her left toes would also have to be removed. ThoseGuys.TV did a video interview with Roxanne which I feature below, but they have also provided pictures of the afflicted feet. I also include them below, but be warned, it is a gruesome sight.

    Here’s the video:

    The pictures of Roxanne’s feet follow, but don’t look any further if you have a weak stomach, it is not a pretty sight:

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    Take a lesson from this story, if you have to stay in a seated position for a long period of time, take many breaks and get your blood circulating. Many people have suffered from incidents like this one. Just because you’re not an athlete, doesn’t mean you don’t have to take care of your body.