No... apparently, the theory was that a person who died "before their time" still had their "life force" post-mortem, making body parts (and blood) from, among others, executed criminals and accident victims in their teens or twenties, exceptionally valued as medication. In a way, this still exists today, with the very rich having infusions of "young blood".
Shades of Elizabeth Bathory. Yikes. I'd heard of the craze for grinding up Egyptian mummies and using them as medicine-- and nearly cried, thinking of all the knowledge we must have lost that way-- but not about the 'life force' thing. How horrible.
Then there's the whole issue of America "recruiting" and using Nazi rocket scientists after the War. Operation Paperclip, I believe.
You're not being unpatriotic - you're being patriotic in an adult manner.
I have a goat feta cheese risotto from a fancy-pants restaurant in Colorado, and I imagine adding baby parts would be amazing in it.
No... apparently, the theory was that a person who died "before their time" still had their "life force" post-mortem, making body parts (and blood) from, among others, executed criminals and accident victims in their teens or twenties, exceptionally valued as medication. In a way, this still exists today, with the very rich having infusions of "young blood".
Shades of Elizabeth Bathory. Yikes. I'd heard of the craze for grinding up Egyptian mummies and using them as medicine-- and nearly cried, thinking of all the knowledge we must have lost that way-- but not about the 'life force' thing. How horrible.
r u in CO? i lived in Boulder Country 1989-2000. Pixelz Jr still lives out there.
I was out in Breckenridge for a few days for my sister's bachelorette party.
Bring back women in rags, and street urchins, begging for alms!
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Tiny abortion hands.
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I thought perhaps a set stolen from Madame Tussaud's for their Trump display.
But too big.
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I'm pretty much "Meh" when it comes to religion, but these assholes make me wanf to persecute them.
I'm tempted to create some gene-engineered lions with flight capability
Or those of their mistresses.
Are there no work houses? Are there no prisons?
Excuse me while I scream into the void.