retlaw
2011-05-29 16:58:39
Besides, Tevagirl, it’s not just a Jewish failing, but a human one.
A successful strategy for an aggressor is to be especially brutal to those who dare resist. This is one way Genghis Khan conquered so much with so little loss to his own soldiers. Corpses of resisting fighters were decapitated, the skulls piled high into mounds: no ceremonial burial for enemies of the Khan! But surrender your city, and you were welcomed to the empire – they’d still help themselves to your women, though.
In warlord China, “order” was maintained by each warlord’s hired bully boys. If they found any weapons while checking your house for valuables, they’d rape, maim, and kill.
Man is a fallen creature, and we can often live longer by abandoning dignity.
