Talk:Death by boiling

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)

America

I have added use of boiling alive for Incas , i know i have read some books on it but cannot find them just now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.116.200.179 (talk) 20:22, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

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)

Only if you're an athiest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.36.254.35 (talk) 21:39, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

To believe that story you have to be incapable of spelling "atheist".METRANGOLO1 (talk) 15:10, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

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)

Australia?!

Can anyone cite examples of this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirgarence (talk • contribs) 06:56, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Fifth degree burns?

The article mentions fifth degree burns, but the article on burns linked to in the same sentence does not mention fifth degree burns, although it discusses degrees of burn up to fourth. One of these two articles needs to change to avoid confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.103.70.128 (talk) 21:41, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

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