3 ms·
Not to the future victims of the Aztecs.
by elnatro 2y ago
Not to the future victims of the Aztecs.
- oskarkk 2y agoThank god the Europeans have never killed anyone.
- elnatro 2y agoThey weren’t doing human sacrifices at that time at least.
- inkyoto 2y agoIs torturing (and the mutilation of a human body and sometimes death as a frequent outcome of the torture process) and burning people at the stake after an auto-da-fé for not believing in someone else’s mythical deity fundamentally different from human sacrifice?
- southernplaces7 2y agoNot to defend the brutal fanaticism of 15th century catholicism in Europe and the new colonies, but you should read in depth about the sheer scale of Aztec blood sacrifice. It put the Inquisition to shame with its savagery and quantities of victims.
- elnatro 2y agoThe Inquisition did not exterminate to the level of the Aztecs. Aztecs were sacrificing people by the thousands. Indeed natives were a crucial part in the conquest of the Aztec Empire by the Spaniards. Some sources: https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09x1374/the-huge-tower-of-human-skulls-unearthed-in-mexico-city https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09x1374/the-huge-tower-of-hu... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-find-brings-skulls-discovered-aztec-tower-over-600-180976543/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-find-brings-sk...
- southernplaces7 2y agoHardly made much difference after all. Those saved from being part of a blood sacrifice tribute later died in droves as victims of the new diseases. With hindsight, it's more a question of which sort of death, and the likelihood of it happening would have been preferable.