swamplights !!V3J448+/B started this discussion 15 years ago#12,578
In Viareggio, Italy, 46-year-old Aldo Bianchini blinded himself and permanently scarred everyone else attending mass at Sant'Andrea church when, during the priest's sermon, he suddenly stood up, ripped his eyes right out of their sockets with his bare hands, then "collapsed to the floor in a pool of blood."
Lorenzo Tanganelli, the priest who was giving mass, describes the horrific scene:
'I had just started to read the sermon when all of a sudden there was a great commotion.
'This man at the back of the knave started tearing at his face and I realised he was gouging out his eyes.
'I called for assistance and the paramedics were quickly at the scene and he was taken away and then I carried on celebrating Mass but a lot of people had left because they were so shocked by what they had seen.
hamfist !!snnYcROO9 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 34 seconds later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#225,865
@225,791 (E)
And that would alter the content of a non-political story?
Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#225,869
@previous (hamfist !!snnYcROO9)
Abso-fucking-lutely. Their paper is filled with lies, inaccuracies and exaggerations.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 12 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#225,885
I like to imagine he stood up and tore them out in one fluid motion, grasping one in each hand and waving them above his head, as though they were trophies, screaming loudly as the blood squirts out of his eyes like a really shit version of X-Men's Cyclops.
Anonymous F replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#225,894
He actually said God commanded him to do that.
swamplights !!V3J448+/B (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 7 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#226,305
@previous (F)
What if he did? We might all be fools.
sluggy joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 19 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#226,323
He was already blind if he believes in god.
swamplights !!V3J448+/B (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 9 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#226,328