These people were cannibals. There’s no denying that. Hence I don’t shed a tear for the downfall and destruction of their “uncivilizations”.
Smart kind who discovered this though.
“These people were cannibals.
You say that like it’s a bad thing...
I got a laugh today reading test papers from young pupils, all laboriously written in block style writing. One test paper asked, “if you were marooned on an island, would you prefer to be alone or marooned with someone you hated”. One enterprising youngster had written, “with someone I hated because I would need something to eat”.
I’m gonna’ avoid deserted islands if this kid is in the tour group.
Total agree. The Spanish were horrified when they saw what they were about. The Conquistadors arriving was about like the allies rolling into the Nazi death camps.
Wasn’t it the last, great Rodney Dangerfield who once said “The definition of trust is two cannibals having oral sex”.