http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/helen-rittelmeyer/2013/01/15/nigerian-football-fans-give-up-on-juju/ Sat, 18 May 2013 11:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/helen-rittelmeyer/2013/01/15/nigerian-football-fans-give-up-on-juju/#comment-4098 Jim Lemon Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:43:30 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/helen-rittelmeyer/?p=437#comment-4098 We are often encouraged to look at, how can I say it, less technologically advanced societies to learn solutions for the supposed problems of our own. Of course if we take this to mean learning by reductio ad absurdum, such an endeavor may bear unexpected fruit. One would expect that the attempt to ban farting in one African country without thinking too much about the legal (not to mention digestive) ramifications of such a proscription would temper the enthusiasm of any legislator for bravely ignoring reality when practicing their craft. Unfortunately, imagination soars as giddily in the minds of many lawmakers as in those of coaches, apocalyptic preachers and terrorists who wish to justify their assertions by appealing to the supernatural.

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