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That quote still shocks me every time I read it. Such depravity.
by tshaddox 4y ago
That quote still shocks me every time I read it. Such depravity.
- govolckurself 4y ago[dead]
- labster 4y agoDude, those indios were gonna go to hell if they kept reading those books. Letting them be tortured for all eternity would be truly depraved. I think the word you were looking for is “narrow-minded”. But even then, Landa thought he had gone through enough to see that there was nothing of value in the Maya books. Even tried to learn the language a little. He just didn’t have the mental and cultural framework to care about other perspectives.
- hackernewds 4y agoYou're giving a racist and close-minded Bishop too much credit IMHO
- maweki 4y agoOr you're attributing malice when stupidity suffices. Hanlon's razor.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoHanlon's razor is great and all. But sometimes there really is just a lot of malice and stupidity at the same time.
- CatWChainsaw 4y agoStupidity is itself malicious. CatWChainsaw's Nastier Razor.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoYou know they tortured people right? This wasn't some soft-minded priest who just wanted to save them from the devil, by offering them waffles and a nice little chat.