Thank you Susan, I would imagine that by the time Abdu'l-Baha made those comments that the Western missionaries, with the help of the colonial armies, had well-nigh wiped out all discoverable cannibalism under their jurisdictions along with all of the evidence of that odious practice that could be found. I would also expect that, as the colonial nations had the habit of permanently removing any knowledgeable recalcitrant aborigines who had committed to memory oral histories and traditions, that the extant record would be spotty and unreliable in any respect. My question however was and is: given that Abdu'l-Baha's statement was a statement of fact, how would it be considered hyperbole?
Richard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brill de Ramirez, Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Baha'i Studies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 4:34 PM Subject: RE: Reflections Richard, I'd like to weigh in on this one. Recently some solid anthropological, historical, folklore, and African Studies work has cast doubt on whether cannibalism was really practiced among any groups of human persons on the planet . . . barring the extreme sado-masochistic behaviors recently in the news in Europe and the U.S. Dr. Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez, Professor of English Bradley University, Peoria, IL 61625 U.S.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED]; (309) 677-3888; fax (309) 677-2330 -----Original Message----- From: Richard H. Gravelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 6:22 PM To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Re: Reflections Thank you Susan, Why would I look at Abu'l-Baha's statement regarding cannibalism amongst the men of the Sudan as hyperbole? Why would a statement of fact be hyperbole in your view? Richard. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
