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Originally Posted by edbro
What is it about us humans that we are inexplicably drawn to this sort of stuff then sickened for the rest of the day after viewing it?
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Perhaps it's connected with our inability, as humans, of escaping the incessant cycle of violence and wars that continue to plague the history of our development. I believe that reading sanitised history rather misses the point about what is actually carried out in the name of some belief system, or other. Whether it's crucifixion, guillotining, labour camps, kneecapping or waterboarding, or a multitude of other inhumane punishments, I think this book would help anyone who is genuinely interested in history understand it much better.