Skeletal Remains Of An Entire Army Found In An Ancient Mass Grave In Denmark

Started by jimmy olsen, August 23, 2012, 04:02:06 AM

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Syt

Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 23, 2012, 09:13:12 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 23, 2012, 09:11:20 AM
Also, Timmay, pray tell what you find so "fucking cool" about human sacrifice on a large scale?
The archaeological discovery is what's cool. You can't seriously believe I think massacres are cool.

QuoteYup. People were hard core back then.

So people are soft now?
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Viking

Quote from: DGuller on August 23, 2012, 09:11:42 AM
Here is something I don't understand.  Why would ancient warriors ever surrender, if it was a certainty that they would be slaughtered/executed/sacrificed?

Cowardice and the hope of pardon. Killing prisoners is timeconsuming.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

HVC

Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 23, 2012, 09:13:12 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 23, 2012, 09:11:20 AM
Also, Timmay, pray tell what you find so "fucking cool" about human sacrifice on a large scale?
I think massacres are cool.
you monster!
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Hubris must be punished. Severely.

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Quote from: DGuller on August 23, 2012, 09:11:42 AM
Here is something I don't understand.  Why would ancient warriors ever surrender, if it was a certainty that they would be slaughtered/executed/sacrificed?

My thinking is simple exhaustion, hunger and thirst played parts.

derspiess

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jimmy olsen

Quote from: Syt on August 23, 2012, 09:14:00 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 23, 2012, 09:13:12 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 23, 2012, 09:11:20 AM
Also, Timmay, pray tell what you find so "fucking cool" about human sacrifice on a large scale?
The archaeological discovery is what's cool. You can't seriously believe I think massacres are cool.

QuoteYup. People were hard core back then.

So people are soft now?
In comparison, yes. It's not a bad thing.
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Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
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Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 23, 2012, 09:13:12 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 23, 2012, 09:11:20 AM
Also, Timmay, pray tell what you find so "fucking cool" about human sacrifice on a large scale?
The archaeological discovery is what's cool. You can't seriously believe I think massacres are cool.
You seem pretty excited by the prospect of it.
PDH!

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: Viking on August 23, 2012, 08:36:32 AM
The teuotobergerwald has been found and is hundreds of kilometers from that place.

Exactly - the attempt to link this find to Tacitus' account of that battle doesn't make a ton of sense.  Apples and oranges.
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Razgovory

Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 23, 2012, 09:13:12 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 23, 2012, 09:11:20 AM
Also, Timmay, pray tell what you find so "fucking cool" about human sacrifice on a large scale?
The archaeological discovery is what's cool. You can't seriously believe I think massacres are cool.

Yesterday you were big on wars of conquest.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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Viking

Quote from: Maximus on August 23, 2012, 10:50:38 AM
Quote from: Viking on August 23, 2012, 08:40:11 AM
I actually know some of these people so, no meri, no.
What defines an actual Asatru?

Etymology

Æsir the pantheon of gods
trú the icelandic word for faith

the word actually just means belief in the gods.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Maximus

So if someone calls themselves Asatru they are actual Asatru? Good, we are in agreement then.

Darth Wagtaros

Quote from: Maximus on August 23, 2012, 11:12:29 AM
So if someone calls themselves Asatru they are actual Asatru? Good, we are in agreement then.
Depends. Are there official guidelines? 
PDH!

Maximus

I don't know of any such group that claims to have divinely inspired scripture if that's what you mean.

Viking

Quote from: Maximus on August 23, 2012, 11:12:29 AM
So if someone calls themselves Asatru they are actual Asatru? Good, we are in agreement then.

Yes, and mormons call themselves christian. The thing is you can call yourself whatever you want. I'm rich, popular and handsome, plus my penis is over two foot long. I just choose my own meanings of the words rich, popular, handsome and foot.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.