All pretty much lost, must have been incredible. If there was a hell, Spanish friar Diego de Landa deserves to burn in it for burning Mayan books. [sciencenews.org]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.And the Spanish conquistadors, in general, deserve eternal damnation - along with the Catholic church who often backed them.
Piratefish
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Sep 27, 2018
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I came across a quote one time and it goes something like this "Wherever they burn books they will eventually burn people "
Happyheretic
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Sep 27, 2018
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There are many people who deserve a horrible death for destroying things that can never be replaced and are lost forever.
Captain747ex
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Sep 27, 2018
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Book burning, a sure sign of anti intellectual dogma. A lot like what’s going on right now in red states.
CheshireWarcat
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Sep 27, 2018
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