P.S.: It is usual to first answer a question before one poses the next
question. My earlier question to you was:
> > Tell me how it really was. Did the Aztecs not sacrifice humans?
One per day. Rain or shine unlike capitalism which sacrifices humans to
the God of profit in the thousands but you won't understand how that fits.
It is said even on the History channel that there were thousands sacrificed
as in the Coliseum in Rome but if you take the spaces, as I have, within
which this was supposed to have happened plus the amount of the time and the
amount of blood on a high platform without rails and with blood being
slippery, it all doesn't make sense so I discount that as the story of
either Aztecs trying to scare you or Spaniards trying to justify their
murder. 6,000 in one day, unarmed, sick with Smallpox and the blood ran
three inches deep in the streets. Per Capita the Aztecs were no more
violent or murderous than any other society in the world. Less than the
Romans and glorified their war stories. They were however, very operatic.
They also had the best water and sewage system in the world as well as the
best agricultural technology. Their Arts were considered by Durer to be
wonderful and amazing what he saw before the Europeans melted them down for
the Gold. Their feather paintings were the equal of paintings in the world
and the great library at Tenochtitlan had thousands of books on every
subject. The bragged and they were as tough as anyone would have to be to
survive a 9 day no food or water fast to come of age. Yes they did
sacrifice but for the gifts given by the Gods, they thought that it was only
proper to do so. All Indian people give a little food and drink to the
Spirits before we eat and we honor the food that gives its life that we may
life. To the Aztecs the Gods sacrificed that this world could to being.
Could a human whose energy and spirit (teotl) came from and was a part of
the Gods, do any less? After all there was no death, only transformation.
By the way, I believe that still.
Now you make a good point about English. Many concepts have to do with the
language you use. English is particular around nouns and adjectives of
which there are thousands. But it is process poor so it doesn't contain
information that has to do with concepts like entropy or conservation of
energy or a multi-layered universe. Such things in English are not natural
to the language. They term them all "Supernatural." And that is more
than a little of the problem.
I would also point out that the English speakers are perfectly happy with
this terrible computer program on this list that doesn't include any
information beyond words. I included a set of pictures of my home
reservation and it couldn't go through the site. Yet without the context of
where I'm from and where I've come to you would imagine that I would speak
about certain economic issues more theoretically than I do. I draw on my
life experience. I showed where I began but that was not words so it was
not admissible. Pity.
REH
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