> From: Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool said: > > > the Thugs systematically killed more than an order of magnitude more > > people (over a very long period of time) than the numbers you just > > listed. All for kali.
Ok a slight exaggeration, but still within the smae magnitude or so. > The only figures I could find for Thuggee cult deaths stated that > "possible as many as 2 million" were strangled by the cult between 1550 > and 1853 (i.e. between early Moghul times and the height of the British > Raj); and that 30,000 to 40,000 were killed a year since the founding of > the cult in the 13th century. Also on the religious deaths front, the > Aztecs sacrificed as many as 20,000 people each year (a figure roughly > comparable to the human sacrifices by the Gun Cult each year in modern > North America). Those are all scary numbers, but far short of the rate > of state murder in the Soviet Union. > > I think the simple truth is that humans in general are much too prone to > killing each other given any opportunity or excuse, and there is no > shortage of such opportunities or excuses. > Something like 35000 to 50000 murders per year, for some where between 500 and 1000 years, going back at least as far as the 1200's. more info here: http://thenewamerican.com/tna/1998/vo14no15/vo14no15_unmasked.htm _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
