It reminds me of the Aztec and Roman empires who sacrificed and crucified
people. In the Near East some groups like the Phoenicians even sacrificed
children.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sacrifice
I'm not aware of any human sacrifice in Ancient Egypt or Mesopotamia. The
Egyptians practiced of course sacrifice for the gods and the dead in form of
food. One could say sacrifices were an early form of taxes.
Jochen
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-------- Original message --------From: glen <geprope...@gmail.com> Date:
4/5/16 17:13 (GMT+01:00) To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Here's to the 1%!
I couldn't help but be reminded of the "72 virgins" martyr meme in Jihad, as
well as our own military (where it seems soldiers tend to be working class and
officers tend to be middle-upper class) when I read this part:
> Ethnographic descriptions highlight that the sacrificial victims were
> typically of low social status, such as slaves, and the instigators were of
> high social status, such as priests and chiefs 3,4,27 .
Religious exaltation and economic relief might produce a pretty powerful
combination for manipulating people into "taking one for the team".
On 04/05/2016 05:03 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
> Thanks, Marcus, now we know how to get things sorted out here on FRIAM,
>
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>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 10:54 PM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com
> <mailto:mar...@snoutfarm.com>> wrote:
>
> http://goo.gl/OcUVLV
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