tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post6361799680669624854..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: To Crush My Enemies and Hear the Wails of Their Women!Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-53635326960200401172013-04-14T09:53:39.351-05:002013-04-14T09:53:39.351-05:00“...an early missionary in New Zealand heard a Mao...“...an early missionary in New Zealand heard a Maori warrior taunting the preserved head of an enemy chief in the following fashion: <br /><br />You wanted to run away, did you? but my meri (war club] overtook you: and after you were cooked, you made food for my mouth. And where is your father? he is cooked: and where is your brother? he is eaten:-and where is your wife? there she sits, a wife for me:-and where are your children? there they are, with loads on their backs, carrying food, as my slaves.' In Maori warfare, decapitation marked the beginning, not the end, of a vanquished warrior's humiliation.” <br />― Lawrence Keeley<br />War Before Civilization 1996<br /><br />OreamnosAmericanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602268350813211243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-89450376287281326272013-04-14T08:56:32.366-05:002013-04-14T08:56:32.366-05:00I laughed, but then felt fear...........I laughed, but then felt fear...........Deacon Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307716334267839976noreply@blogger.com