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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:29 AM Original message |
LAT: Maya 'War Crimes Scene' Uncovered: Key to civilization's fall |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Very interesting |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Unknown enemy? Any Cheney ancestors lurking about the continent, then? LOL |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Makes a person shudder. I agree it seems there were Bush/Cheney |
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M155Y_A1CH (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Impeachment Mayan style |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. An incredible tragedy. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Without Gunpowder |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I disagree. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. But smallpox was the biggest threat |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Europeans conquered many civilizations that were roughly |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Well the Mormons would say it was the Lamanites |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. But the equality would have ended fairly quickly. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Nonsense. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I forgot about smallpox, but you missed my point. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Bison and other things. |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Even if you disregard the small pox; the Mayans would not have |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Humanity's evil twin |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Actually, it's not endemic to humans. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Biology... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. In Rome, I sat outside the Colosseum in a personal protest... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Nothing could be more evil than killing for entertainment. |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. They actually had matches between blind people and children; |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Heh, after a cup of coffee, I suddenly find your optimism persuasive |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Endemic to primates maybe? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. LOL :-) n/t |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Some chimps are extremely violent |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Not endemic to humanity, but to the worldwide culture of civilization. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Mayans were known for |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Actually, the Maya only recently became "known for human sacrifice" |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I feel superior to those cruel practices |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. But you think that slavery is OK? |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. And who is your avatar? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 08:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I know quite a lot about Ernesto Guevara de la Serna |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I know it is a recent modern discovery. |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. The importance of captives for sacrifice by the Aztecs actually |
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Romigi (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. May have been another tribe.... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Most likely a peasant revolution or civil war. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. The carrying capacity argument is interesting |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. It had nothing to do with trade. |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. I don't like the use of "faded away" in this article |
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