[Aztlan] Fw: Discovery Channel - Blood For the Gods

[Dave]

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From: "Dave" <davefrancis at cox.net>
To: "Justin Kerr" <mayavase at verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Discovery Channel - Blood For the Gods


> While it's pretty easy to make a case that Castillo was an epic liar, the 
> Mexica undoubtedly sacrificed lots of people.  From the various accounts 
> they seem to have practiced some kind of state terrorism against their own 
> and other peoples.  That Castillo could even count to one hundred thousand 
> may be doubtful.  How big a volume would 100,000 skulls be?  If every 
> skull also produced two thigh bones, what volume would that be?  If you 
> could line up skulls in row, 100,000 would be like 16 or 17,000 feet long! 
> Over 3 miles!  An exaggeration worthy of the conquistadors, some of 
> history's great liars.
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Justin Kerr" <mayavase at verizon.net>
> To: "'Alfred Climber'" <climber1157_99 at msn.com>
> Cc: <aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:20 PM
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>> >From an Eye-witness---
>> I remember that in the plaza where some of their oratories stood, there
>> where piles of human skulls so regularly arranged that one could count 
>> them,
>> and I estimated them at more than a hundred thousand. I repeat again that
>> there were more than a hundred thousand of them. And in another part of 
>> the
>> plaza there were so many piles of dead men's thigh bones that one could 
>> not
>> count them. (and on and on)
>> Bernal Diaz del Castillo, The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico page 119.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aztlan-bounces at lists.famsi.org 
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>> On Behalf Of Alfred Climber
>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 2:05 PM
>> To: Gordon Whittaker
>> Cc: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
>> Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Discovery Channel - Blood For the Gods
>>
>> Show me the Mass graves.. Just think of 400 years of sacrifices. There is
>> one heck of a cemetery somewhere. Just think of the smell it must have 
>> put
>> off.. Why no records of thousands of buzzards on the corn fields? All 
>> that
>> blood on corn and squash and bean plant roots. Would that not cause the
>> crops to go bad?
>> Just a thought.
>> Maybe I got something wrong. Did not the people who wrote of the Aztec's
>> capital city say it was clean? The cleanest city they have ever seen? 
>> They
>> thought they were dreaming? They must have had one heck of a cleanup
>> service.. Fast too.!! The logistics just don't match. 1000 people in one
>> day? I want to hire their cleanup staff.. Or at least know how they did 
>> it.
>> It is amazing they did not have a major revolt. I would not go 
>> willingly...
>>
>>
>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  From: Gordon Whittaker<mailto:gwhitta at gwdg.de>
>>  To: Blaze Tzitzimime<mailto:ocelotonatiuh at msn.com>
>>  Cc: aztlan at lists.famsi.org<mailto:aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
>>  Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 3:02 AM
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>>
>>  Yep, sure did! The question is, how many at any one time?
>>
>>  Best,
>>  Gordon
>>
>>  "Blaze Tzitzimime" wrote:
>>  >
>>  > Jan 03, 9:00 pm EST
>>  > Discovery Channel
>>  > Blood For the Gods
>>  >
>>  > Did Aztecs really cut out the hearts of thousands of victims?
>>
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