Going medieval on your ass

The Indians are at it again:
"The leaders of a village in the Indian state of Rajasthan ordered 150 men to dip their hands into boiling oil to prove their innocence after food was stolen from a local school. The 150 men from Ranpur and two neighbouring hamlets were told to pick a copper ring from a cauldron of boiling oil. The council elders then announced that the 50 who refused the order must be behind the crime. Many are now nursing their burns."

They say India is the oldest 'civilization' in the world. But is that civilized for thousands of years, or just civilized for one year several thousand times over...