To: Red Steel
"a loving man with a taste of the good things in life. "Odd way to describe a very detestable person.
8 posted on
10/14/2009 9:18:18 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
To: BenLurkin
It has been said that no one knows the real meaning of "Mau-Mau" other than a Kikuyu (also Gikuyu) tribesperson and that is because its name, like its origins, is shrouded in ancient African tribal mysteries and covered in blood. On the other hand, some authorities claim that the name was invented by European settlers and applied to the native insurrectionists in Kenya. At any rate, the name was first heard among the white population of Africa in 1948 when police officials in the British colony of Kenya began to receive rumors of strange ceremonies being held late at night in the jungle. These midnight assemblies were said to be bestial rituals that mocked Christian rites and included the eating of human flesh and the drinking of blood. Then came the reports of native people being dragged from their beds at night, being beaten or maimed, and forced to swear oaths of initiation to a secret society. In each case, their assailants were said to be members of a secret society called the Mau-Mau.History is being sanitized on the internets.
It was worse than that
10 posted on
10/14/2009 9:29:01 PM PDT by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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