tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post6430802549009556378..comments2024-03-28T01:02:01.844-06:00Comments on Coins and Scrolls: Book Notes: Albion's Seed, Part 2Skerpleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06393779599461560431noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-19852624318954627542020-12-16T16:32:19.224-07:002020-12-16T16:32:19.224-07:00Wow! Reading this invokes many feelings...Wow! Reading this invokes many feelings...Dehumanizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488674541635211335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-33630683449487123682018-04-17T11:43:01.491-06:002018-04-17T11:43:01.491-06:00I know, I was just kidding. I did figure that, ju...I know, I was just kidding. I did figure that, judging by the way you've been writing these posts. Yami Bakurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266174008401745128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-54491661214792857232018-04-12T15:00:23.561-06:002018-04-12T15:00:23.561-06:00I think that's what makes the entire chapter s...I think that's what makes the entire chapter so awful. They knew. They weren't tricked or blinded or convinced they were doing the right thing. They wrote long confessions and hang-wringing letter expressing their own failings and then did nothing. Their peers didn't need to disagree; they had faith and their own consciences to steer them. One can only hope that God's capacity for mercy is infinite, because, in the face of such behavior, my own capacity for mercy is rather strained.Skerpleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06393779599461560431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-1307794205947035842018-04-11T11:11:34.277-06:002018-04-11T11:11:34.277-06:00You know, the entire section on every male, even i...You know, the entire section on every male, even infants, torturing and killing for fun, sounds like something a fantasy author might make up so people feel okay with genocide against, say, orcs. Horrible. And fascinating. Great read, these posts.Martenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978941864880013486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-58625192895170613732018-04-10T05:34:55.955-06:002018-04-10T05:34:55.955-06:00'How many other noblemen of Virginia, whose di...'How many other noblemen of Virginia, whose diaries were not quite so thorough, committed the same crimes or worse?'<br /><br />Loads, probably. Everything I've read on the period suggests that casual sexual predation was commonplace amongst elite men. Reading James Boswell's nonchalant accounts of sexually assaulting women on the streets of 1760s London was quite an eye-opener for me. And in the slave-holding colonies of the New World, the sexual exploitation of female slaves by their owners was regarded as a routine perk of the job.<br /><br />The sad thing here is that, from the extracts you've quoted, Byrd clearly knew that what he was doing was wrong, and felt guilty about it. If he'd ever faced any meaningful *consequences* as a result of his actions - even very minor consequences, such as the stern disapproval of his peers - he'd probably have stopped doing it. It's only because the whole society around him connived at his predations, and those of other men like him, that the whole grim tally went on for as long as it did.Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-54282759881421664742018-04-08T17:22:55.893-06:002018-04-08T17:22:55.893-06:00Reading these posts, Skerples, helps me not regret...Reading these posts, Skerples, helps me not regret my History degree.DM_Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301529633901560487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-78271976926901007342018-04-05T14:06:57.850-06:002018-04-05T14:06:57.850-06:00The trick is to read it 1 page at a time... and ta...The trick is to read it 1 page at a time... and take good notes. I use book darts. Albion's Seed probably weighs and extra 500g from all the brass in it.Skerpleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06393779599461560431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-494216075847480172018-04-05T08:18:16.720-06:002018-04-05T08:18:16.720-06:00Excellent post. I regret that I do not live a life...Excellent post. I regret that I do not live a lifestyle that would allow me opportunity to read this 900 page tome. I am very appreciative of your good work in extracting these fascinating points. <br /><br />Love your history posts. Orjetaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03753394786916322675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-33353220711556962022018-04-05T06:47:28.550-06:002018-04-05T06:47:28.550-06:00P.S.: Not only mulattoes but also cablocos (indian...P.S.: Not only mulattoes but also cablocos (indian and european) and cafuzos (africans and europeans)... Today we simply call them all "pardos" ('brown' like kraft paper brown) because it is already too mixed to tell the difference.G. B. Verashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07321019711309446662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-51656063926013466552018-04-05T06:11:58.512-06:002018-04-05T06:11:58.512-06:00Change some things and you get the northeastern Br...Change some things and you get the northeastern Brazil in colonial period: Catholic, no New England equivalent, less battering, more mulattoes, sugar plantation and tropical weather.G. B. Verashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07321019711309446662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-81359958474694162902018-04-04T15:23:36.309-06:002018-04-04T15:23:36.309-06:00Ah, sorry! He isn't a contributor (at least, n...Ah, sorry! He isn't a contributor (at least, not directly. In the inspirational sense, yes). I was just using him as a convenient rage yardstick because of his hilarious and apoplectic review of "A Distant Mirror". Skerpleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06393779599461560431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-61725872978057202012018-04-04T15:21:52.180-06:002018-04-04T15:21:52.180-06:00I had no idea Patrick Stuart was a contributor on ...I had no idea Patrick Stuart was a contributor on this blog, but it's good to see he gets around. <br /><br />As for you Skerples, keep up the good work. These posts are quite fascinating, as well as interesting fodder for designing a society for a group of armor-clad ruffians to rampage through.Yami Bakurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266174008401745128noreply@blogger.com