[DiogenesLamp]

You are not wrong at all in my opinion-my ancestors came from Spain before 1600-but I have no illusions about them-they were horrible people for the most part-Spanish inquisition, invented brand new methods of torture/murder, were greedy, etc-and the way they raped women, pillaged, murdered, enslaved survivors and stole everybody’s stuff when they sacked a place made the Vikings look almost kind.

Thank you for confirming what I remember having learned of the Spanish in the New World. They were particularly and astonishingly mean.

[Texan5]

The Spanish weren’t all that into civilized behavior in the Old World/Europe, either-the Inquisition stared there with the Spanish as its biggest promoters before they brought it with them to the New World. They also had the reputation as master torturers from all the back to 600-700 AD or so-I’ve always figured they learned all that cruelty way back when Spain was part of the Roman Empire-then the Muslims invaded and they learned more fun stuff from them...