Re:Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions
by reducesuffering on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @12:27PM
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Source? I believe Aztec sacrifices were almost always prisoners of war from conquered tribes.
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Re:Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions
by fergonco on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @01:01PM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentine_Codex
What I remember is that their criteria to choose who were they throwing to the volcano was very varied and nonsensical. Like "children with more than one hair swirl" (not sure about last word, hope it is clear).
And sometimes they didn't use a volcano but just remove the skin of victimes and store them in a cave. They will use the skins to dress up and dance a month later.
In any case, victims were members of their society. It was maybe an honor. Yeah, colonizers were brutal, but it seems it was the state of the art back then...
Re:Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions
by yardie on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:58PM
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If you mean the rose pattern that develops on the scalp at the back of the head.
BTW, having two of those was a sign of luck, or so I was told.
Re:Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions
by briantakita on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:19PM
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> I believe Aztec sacrifices were almost always prisoners of war from conquered tribes.
One can argue that the America is conquered by Globalist institutions such as foreign banks.