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Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific... by sonnyblarney on Sunday June 24, 2018 @07:00AM (#17386013)
The term 'sacrifice' is used in different contexts. A 'sacrifice' to a god for whatever reason is a literal sacrifice, talking about the 'cost of war' in terms of 'sacrifice' is a metaphor.
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Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific... by Cpoll on Sunday June 24, 2018 @10:30AM (#17386690)
Only because we now know that human sacrifices don't please the gods and improve our fortunes. Otherwise, it breaks down in exactly the same way: We kill some children, but we're okay with that, because it will benefit us.

If it's a metaphor, it can only be because there's no sacrifice at all, the death of non-citizens don't factor into the cost-benefit analysis.

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Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific... by sonnyblarney on Sunday June 24, 2018 @01:19PM (#17387322)
"the death of non-citizens don't factor into the cost-benefit analysis"

This is absolutely false.

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