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What book are you reading right now?
I searched and couldnt find a thread like this... and thought there should be one...
Right now I am reading "The Conquest of Mexico" by Hugh Thomas. I'm only about 50/60 pages in, but so far its fascinating. I saw some documentaries about Cortes a few years ago, and always wanted to learn more about him and his conquest since then. Certainly in the documentary I saw "Conquistidors" - he was painted in a very ambivalent light... on the one hand, a conquerer, a butcher, a destroyer of nations... but on the other hand a visionary, a colosal gambler, driven by his God and his desire to deliver people to the Holy Roman church...
perhaps it just means that those who commit violence in what they believe are the interests of good are far more dangerous than those who act out of petty motivations such as greed or agression
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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