Yeah, Ray, but whatever the Aztecs did, it didn't work for them. Here's an
excerpt from something I wrote a few years ago:
as told in Patricia de Fuentes, ed. and trans., The Conquistadors: First
Person Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico, p.159.
". Cortés . After occupying Tenochtitlán . he and his troops had to fight
their way out of the city to sanctuary .. Years later . a former follower of
Cortés who had become a Dominican friar, recalled the terrible retreat .. "When
the Christians were exhausted from war, God saw fit to send the Indians
smallpox, and there was a great pestilence in the city. "
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Harrell" <[email protected]>
To: "'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'"
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Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: Tremble, Banks, Tremble
> 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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