Another thing I found interesting was that Spaniards had very little contact with the Inquisition. Far from being an element of everyday life it was largely irrelevant for the majority of the population. Outside the big cities, you might never have seen any inquisitor in your entire life.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Hal Jordan (07-15-2015),Peter1469 (07-15-2015)
You mentioned the low number of executions over the few hundred years of the active Inquisition. A lot more were sentenced to death and the secular authorities often left jail cells open and didn't pay attention or what have you.
It was probably a running joke of the day.
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Hal Jordan (07-15-2015),Mister D (07-15-2015)
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Hal Jordan (07-15-2015),Peter1469 (07-15-2015)
Hal Jordan (07-15-2015),Mister D (07-15-2015)
The Aztecs built gardens on a lake, they were called chinampas. When Spaniards first saw the gardens they thought they were floating islands. But these gardens were actually attached to the bottom of the lakebed, in rows, which formed canals for canoes and easy water access. The edges of the gardens were lined with willow trees whose roots helped keep the gardens from washing away. Some are still there.
"I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall it's buildings of concrete are, but rather how well it's people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man." - Chippewa
"They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds." Mexican Proverb
I believe the Maya did something similar.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
It was interesting to learn that Manichaeism was a capital offense in both Sassanid Persia and the Roman Empire. It was also essentially banned in China. Most of you are probably more familiar with the Catharism of 13th Century France which was simply a form of neo-Manichaeism. It has become very clear to me just how destructive and subversive this belief system was. Moreover, Catharism wasn't a Christian heresy. It was an alien and rival religion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Peter1469 (02-28-2016)