Talk:Boiling to death

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[edit] Racist?

Racist? Not questioning the validity, just looking for a source... thx —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.25.105.17 (talk • contribs) . 13 Dec 2005.

The typical cliché is missionaries cooking in a boiling pot surrounded by hungry cannibals, and it seems to have originated after accounts from places like Fiji[1], where missionaries were indeed actually eaten by cannibals. The article says, "The 35-year-old Mr Baker is the only European to have been cooked and eaten in Fiji. His death helped to create an image of missionaries as blundering proselytisers who ended up in a cooking pot as the natives' next meal." I don't think the cliché itself is viewed as racist, per se. If it is, then it's only by some. Of course, most people would find the cartoon linked to racist, but mostly for the way it depicts the "natives". — Matt Crypto 11:58, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Apocalyptic

Saint John, the youngest discipline whom of Jesus loved, was boiled by the roman army in his old age. They put him in a giant pot of oil and cooked him for hours but God saved him and he emerged unharmed, as Jesus had predicted that he will be the only apostle not to die as a martyr, but because of old age. 195.70.32.136 14:48, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

This is slightly POV isn't it? Mike0001 (talk) 12:24, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Constantine

It is well attested that Constantine poisoned his first son and boiled his wife to death. See here. And people do not suffocate in a sauna! LoL Mike0001 (talk) 12:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)