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The Spanish Inquisition killed approximately the same number of people every year as the State of Texas. The Roman Inquisition killed far fewer. It was child's
by geye1234 2y ago
The Spanish Inquisition killed approximately the same number of people every year as the State of Texas. The Roman Inquisition killed far fewer. It was child's play compared to 20th-century regimes.
Many more died at Hiroshima than over the centuries of the Inquisition.
- pixl97 2y agoIt gets easier to kill a lot of people when you have a lot more people to kill. Texas has 4-6 times the population of Spain 1400-1800. I mean, there is a reason you hear sayings like "I'll Believe Corporations Are People When Texas Executes One". This will stick with Texas for a long time.
- geye1234 2y agoThe Inquisition operated in the Spanish Empire as well, but in any case, the point is moot. 12 people per year, on average, were executed by the Inquisition. It was not the bloodbath that anti-Catholic propaganda pretends it is. If Texas killed 60 people per year, we would not make it out to be some appalling example of state-sanctioned mass murder. Neither is the Inquisition.