Why does widespread rape happen during (certain) wars?
Is it a libido thing?
A dominance thing like prison?
Or is it to humiliate the loser?
We all know about the Fall of Berlin and Rwanda. Why is rape used as a instrument of war? Seems excessively cruel if you ask me.
>>1294269
I have no evidence to back up this claim but it probably has to do with the fact that the enemy is often dehumanized and that's when the atrocities of war start to occur since if they're not viewed as human, you can do pretty much anything to them, and when they're trying to kill your friends and you blame them for having put you in your shitty situation, it makes all the more sense to want to treat them badly.
Cong soldiers explain why they rape:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZIK9Ce0yM
This is the sauce behind the "wherever I go I must also rape" pic you see somewhere in this imageboard.
>>1294663
yeah, that's exactly it imo
How i god's name did the Manchus get culturally genocided so easily?
>be minority rulers of China
>Emperor and all of his inner circle speak Manchu
>get overthrown
>"OMG FUCKING ARISTOCRATS RACIST"
>lose most power
> many pretend to be a Han to avoid persecution
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>>1294181
>only 10 native speakers left
Biggest reverse cuck in history
>>1294181
We already had a thread on this.
>>1294204
where? Did it expire?
>>1271269
Why do protestants believe that masturbation is not a sin?
Conclusion from the last thread: protestants do believe it is a sin
>>1293786
no they don't
Can someone that is christian answer this:
Nothing on itself is forbidden because the great commandment is the fulfilling of the law.
Confirmation from Romans 14
13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.
14 B ...if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean...
17...the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking...
>>1293954
>Nothing on itself is forbidden
Dogs are awesome, aren't they? Especially Dobbs, I love Dobbs.
Now I know what you're thinking: "Doesn't this belong on /an/?" Well, yeah. Normally. But this is about the *history* of dogs!
So let's share interesting /his/ related stuff about dogs.
This is from the Aberdeen Bestiary, which isn't that useful for naturalists, but does give a wealth of information as to what things represented in Medieval art
>The dog's ability to heal wounds by licking them represents how the wounds of sin...
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>>1293439
This thread physically hurts
>>1293443
Your shitpost physically hurts
Prince Rupert's dog, Boye, followed him into battle. Parliamentarian propaganda claimed he was actually a shapeshifted Finnish woman who could detect treasures and catch bullets
What are examples in history of an empire falling "gracefully", that is, more along the lines of "stepping down" rather than "being eaten alive by violent discontent?"
The first example that comes to my mind is the British Empire. Although it's fall can be attributed to the World Wars, which may be argued to make it a violent fall, the most striking thing is that the United Kingdom granted India independence seemingly voluntarily.
Is there any other examples?
Pic unrelated.
>>1293291
I think that the pre-Westphalian Empires that ceded to the British count. Maybe some of the Chinese dynasties that just sort of deflated instead of crashing.
>>1293291
They were already resigned to it by around 1900. The world wars had a depressing influence.
I'd say it was less overextension or military weakness than sheer demoralisation.
>>1293291
Germany
How would North America look like today? Would it be a smaller, safer, more peaceful country (eg Canada, Australia) ?
Canada's bigger than the US, bud.
>>1293250
No.
Move back to Britain, filthy loyalist scum.
>>1293253
speaking population wise
How did Juden come up with this star? I can't find anything in the Old Testament on the design of this star.
Can anyone who is an expert on Judaism point out where in the Old Testament / Torah this design came from?
>>1293238
Medieval Jewish mystics trying to force memes, pretty much.
>>1293296
the real jewish flag is a menorah, to represent man's devotion to God
certain groups pushed to make it the hexagram, a solomonic jewish spell circle
What did South Africa do during the coldwar? Did they favour either side? Where they a non aligned regional power?
Im curious about the lost anglosphere member
>>1293181
Well they were definitely western aligned.
The Afrikaaners were shit scared of commies.
They thought they were prime targets for mass murder if the communists ever got into power.
>>1293181
They fought the Cubans in Angola.
Cuba's were given lots of planes and equipment by the Soviets, the South Africans didn't have as many planes and had to build some of their own equipment. The Cubans lost the actual fighting but the south Africans had to pull back as they didn't have air superiority. The war ended with both sides pulling out and SA giving Namibia it's independence ( but it was to be a capitalist country ).
SA made nukes with the Israelis, but got rid of them before apartheid...
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>>1293181
They were part of the Neutral Bloc really and were too tied up with the Apartheid to have any real part in the Cold War.
Which is more important? Being logically correct or morally correct?
Depends on if you're making a decision or finding truth. Duh bro inb4 Spooks
How can one be one without the other?
>>1292569
This
In technical philosophy there is no difference.
Who wuz deez ppl dat built dis shiiiiet, yo?
On a serious note, I came across an article that referenced two cities that I'd never heard of until today. (http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-great-lost-cities-of-africa-1507656099)
Who were the folks who lived in Song Mnara and Kilwa?
How would you feel if you died, went to the afterlife, and discovered that your religion was the wrong one? If, for example, you're a devout Muslim and you discover that the God of Abraham didn't exist, but the Egyptian pantheon are real? If you're a Buddhist and you find your soul in the underworld of Hades? If you're a Christian and God told you that the true messiah hasn't been sent yet, Jesus was just some guy and you're going straight to hell for not being Jewish and worshipping a false idol?
I'd be surprised if any of it was real in the first place tbqh
i'd feel dead inside
>>1291933
Depends on what turned out to be real.
If it was something I'd never heard of, or even considered, I'd probably just stand there dumbfounded.
Why did Africa not advance before Europeans came?
Because of a lack of a large body of water to facilitate trading
>>1291657
Probably the same reasons Europeans didn't advance until middle easterners came.
>>1291657
"advance"
They were fine as they were. This "civilization" crap is destroying the earth
Why does /his/ hate him?
>>1291104
>Homophobe
>Racist
>Brutal
>Had a Rolex watch when he was killed
>>1291196
Damn, sounds like a cross between /pol/ and /fa/.
Now I start to think of him as alpha as fuck.
>>1291911
>alphas
>betas
>cucks
why does /leftypol/ think they're better than /pol/ again
What happened to Portugal ? They seemed to the one that had the biggest fall from grace compared to the other Western European empires.
They seem worse off these days than their neighbors in almost all aspects.
How it happen ?To a country who ruled the sea (from what I read) and caused so much chaos to non-Europeans?
Bumping with this ridiculous battle.
>>1288311
They fell into the "oldest alliance" meme and were betrayed by the Eternal Anglo.
>>1288311
The idea of a "Portuguese empire" is a myth.
The entirety of Portuguese success was caused by Brazil, which they only got by a stroke of pure luck (also known as Spanish being retarded). After they lost glorious Brazil there was simply nothing of value in their entire empire, including in the European part.
What's your favourite period? Who is your fav emperor/consul? Republic or Empire? Can you speak latin?
fun fact the first romans was ruled by kings who was black. Tarquinius superbus the last black king of rome was overthrown by the whiteys who ruled rome for a couple of centuries. Until sulla the great black general overthrew the whiteys and exterminated them in the social war. Now blacks was running rome again and a whitey wasnt seen in the region again until it was sacked by alaric and the whiteys eventually killed or sent the black romans to africa. Julius caesar was black.
Roman Empire fell in 1453
Also, what are the best resources for learning Latin?
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