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She has no more or less evidence than anyone previous when this was published. It's a directed attempt to create a history based entirely on speculation. The l
by easytiger 3y ago
She has no more or less evidence than anyone previous when this was published.
It's a directed attempt to create a history based entirely on speculation. The language treatment on the linked page screams it out
> And the practice of child sacrifice could even hold the key to why the civilisation was founded in the first place.
and
> 'But in the 20th century, people increasingly took the view that this was racist propaganda on the part of the Greeks and Romans against their political enemy, and that Carthage should be saved from this terrible slander.
and
> 'Dismissing the idea of child sacrifice stops us seeing the bigger picture'
It's not history (and certainly not science as other people here say) - it's polemic reinterpretation to meet a narrative from someone who's pet interests are "colonialism", "postcolonialism" and how evil it is.
- Veen 3y agoYou’re probably right, but nothing you’ve said will convince anyone that you are. If you want people to take your argument seriously, you have to do more than point out the author’s biases. You have to engage with her arguments and say why they are flawed.
- easytiger 3y agoThat she has the same source material as has been available for a millenia and came to a different conclusion to anyone else should be the first hint.