[the invisib1e hand]

next they’ll be telling us what the people talked about the day before. a bit too bizarre for theinvisib1ehand, I’m afraid.

[kinoxi]

Sapa Inca approves of this article.

[Steely Tom]

Another of the cultures that my culture is no better than.

/s

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

More of those noble savages stories. Bloodthirsty, like the Aztecs... {shudder}

[353FMG]

Cruel Spaniards put a stop to these rustic traditions.

[Ancesthntr]

Sick bastages. I’m glad that Inca “culture” is dead and gone, a horrifying relic of the Human Race’s barbarous past.

Of course, I hope that my grandkids can say the same about the sick bastages of the ROP, who have a different and no less gruesome means of child sacrifice and intimidation of the local population.

[Billthedrill]

So Llullaillaco Maiden lloved llama meat? And I thought Welsh was tough...

[spanalot]

there is no such thing as primitive cultures?

[pennboricua]

hallucinogenic drug achiote,
totally bs, achiote, is used in Latin cooking as a food colorant.

[stinkerpot65]

Once the US becomes Azatlan, child sacrifice will be very “in”, though mostly for gringo children.

[InMemoriam]

"Although some may wish to view these grim deaths within the context of indigenous belief systems, we should not forget that the Inca were imperialists too..."

Aware of the horror of this reductio ad absurdum of multicultural relativism, he coaches any less savvy multicultural allies who would fall into a kneejerk defense. There is a loophole they can use to avoid the strength of the Judeo-Christian Western counterargument.

They were militaristic imperialists (like Bush) and therefore were bad. Not for murdering little 10-year-old girls.

[IronJack]

children as young as 6-years old were "fattened up" and taken on a pilgrimage to their death.

Too bad this tranquil eden was spoiled by the intrusion of the European serpent ...

[DBrow]

Achiote is not a hallucinogenic drug. It’s a very common spice used mostly as coloring (annato).

It is red, but no amount is going to get you high. I can get it at my local grocery store. The only search engine hits relating achiote to a hallucinogen are this article!

The earlier articles I read about the boy said that he’d been killed by having rocks packed around him, crushing him and rapidly sucking heat out of his body. You’d have to go a stretch to dislocate hips by tightening clothes.

I see problems with this article.

[AndrewB]

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Helen Thomas

[cynwoody]

The Maiden, described as a "perfect mummy" went on display for the first time last month in Salta, northwest Argentina.

"If I were single, I'd ask that mummy out. That's one good looking mummy."
— First Gentleman Wannabe Billy Jeff Clinton

[Coleus]

multiculturally yours

It seems that every time a pope makes a trip to South America, there's a spate of news stories about Indians protesting the 16th century introduction of Christianity into the continent as a tool of colonialist oppression and an unprovoked assault on the indigenous spiritualies which flourished among the natives of the time. As with every comparable endeavor, no doubt there were many occasions of inexcusable rapacity in which the conquerors' religion was warped into an unseemly role. Yet it's facile to assume the indigenous religions were themselves free of unwelcome obligations. The following news item shows what it meant in pre-Christian Peru for your kids to take part in the Offertory:

LONDON (Reuters) - Hair samples taken from child mummies suggest the ancient Incas "fattened" up children chosen for ritual sacrifice months before actually killing them, British researchers said on Monday.

A chemical analysis of four mummies found high in the Andes mountains also indicates the Incans took the children on a lengthy pilgrimage prior to the killings, the team said. In the case of the 15-year-old "Llullaillaco Maiden" the road to death started at least 12 months before.

"We are looking at a process that began a considerable amount of time before their death," said Andrew Wilson, an archaeologist at the University of Bradford, who led the study. "The maiden was essentially being fattened up or prepared for her final fate at least 12 months before her killing."

Call it "full and active participation" in the liturgy.

[SunkenCiv]

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