bernard Wrote:
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> Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> > Here's my modest proposal:As I recall one of
> the
> > Mayan kings sacrificed over 50,000 people one
> day
> > to prevent the end of the world. The fact
> that the
> > world didn't end on that day is a mighty
> > persuasive argument that he was right and
> perhaps
> > he was holding the right end of the stick.
> So
> > keeping that in mind might I suggest that we
> round
> > up 50,000 politicians, religious zealots,
> > terrorists, and other assorted riff raff and
> > sacrifice them in a manner to be determined?
> It
> > certainly couldn't hurt the world and it
> just
> > might be an improvement. If nothing else it
> will
> > leave just that much more food and water for
> the
> > rest of us. When the end does come.
>
>
> A number of mistakes. 1) The Maya never sacrificed
> anywhere near this number; 2) The Aztecs were the
> ones who did mass sacrifices; 3) the maximum
> numbeer claimed was 20,000; 4; The reason was not
> the end of the world but the inauguration of a new
> expansion of the Main Aztec temple.
>
> Bernard
>
>
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