"In the ancient Americas, however..."
In the ancient Americas, however, it was a highly civilized act, preceded by thorough, methodical torture and accompanied by flaying and cannibalism of the most refined and cultured sort.
Much in common with Planned Parenthood.
So true about Planned Parenthoods barbarity. Hearkens to mind the almost banal sterility with which the Nazi Germans slaughtered the Jews and others.
The conquistadors were catholic. They were utterly horrified by what they discovered. Those men were Heroes. Cortez, the Journey of Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and I forget his name but the Catholic priest who established the missions in California. Those men were so far from home in terms of time and distance, they may as well have been on Mars. The Bravery they showed leaves me shaking my head