For centuries the Moslems had been trying to invade Europe and they failed. The reason for that failure was the unfortunate geographic fact that the Valley Vienna is in must be successfully traversed. The Moslem commanders had to funnel their troops through that valley. It became a valley of death them as the European armies were always …
For centuries the Moslems had been trying to invade Europe and they failed. The reason for that failure was the unfortunate geographic fact that the Valley Vienna is in must be successfully traversed. The Moslem commanders had to funnel their troops through that valley. It became a valley of death them as the European armies were always at an advantage there and defeated the Moslems.
By the fifteenth century the decadent Christian Aristocrats who lived in the valleys which the Invaders must pass through had developed such a great fear of the brutal Moslem armies that they would leave their villages in the low country and hide out in their mountain fortresses when a Moslem army approached. Thus leaving the poor peasants alone to face the Moslems.
Then along came Vlad Tepes who was just as courageous and brutal as the invaders, plus he was a superior military man. He stayed put and took on the Moslems, defeating them thereby preventing a catastrophic invasion of Europe. Thus he was, in the hearts of the peasants a savior, hero. He remained their hero even though he subsequently, in his maniacal bloodlust, impaled thousands of his fellow citizens for his own entertainment. It is recored that he impaled 15,000 in one of his paroxysms of fury. As his victims screamed in terror and pain he strolled among them eating his lunch and cavorting with whores.
This altogether repulsive and horrifying person was, when just a boy, given by his own father to the Sultan of Turkey as a hostage to guarantee his father's adherence to a pact he had formed with the Sultan. Vlad was reared in the court of the Sultan among his eunuchs at Topkapi. It is not historically certain as to whether or not Vlad was castrated there. Probably not because the Sultan did not want to insult Vlad's powerful father with whom he had an agreement. But it is certain that Vlad learned a great deal about Moslem culture and military affairs while he was a boy-hostage. Possibly this had much to do with his subsequent brutality and military prowess later as a man.
Incidentally, there were several different kinds of religious male castration among both Christians and Moslems in Medieval times. Women often had their clitoris removed, a practice still found in some countries. A practice the UN has spoken against. Ain't religion wonderful?
Finally, the name of Vlad's father was Dracul. In his native tongue his son is called Dracula.
The story of Gille de Rais is equally bloodcurdling.
Gerald, I don't know anything about Vlad the Impaler but my guess is that he was repeatedly homosexually abused, ridiculed and humiliated, rather than castrated. The way he tortured and killed thousands in narcissistic fits of rage and revenge seems like an enactment of homosexual rape, only this time, HE had the power to do the hurting and it was the other person who screamed in pain and was utterly powerless. It was extremely common for children to be used and abused this way for thousands of years, especially in the courts of monarchs. Children so abused often grow up to unconsciously re-enact some form of their abuse.
I would also wonder what had happened to Hickman in HIS childhood to make him such a grotesque murderer...what kind of abuse did he suffer in infancy and toddlerhood that lay dormant in his unconscious mind until something terrible re-awakened his blind fury to annihilate.
The price we pay for abusing and shaming little boys is that they often become psychopathic killers when they grow physically capable of avenging the abused child they once were. Here, I'm also thinking of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, and Putin... :(
For centuries the Moslems had been trying to invade Europe and they failed. The reason for that failure was the unfortunate geographic fact that the Valley Vienna is in must be successfully traversed. The Moslem commanders had to funnel their troops through that valley. It became a valley of death them as the European armies were always at an advantage there and defeated the Moslems.
By the fifteenth century the decadent Christian Aristocrats who lived in the valleys which the Invaders must pass through had developed such a great fear of the brutal Moslem armies that they would leave their villages in the low country and hide out in their mountain fortresses when a Moslem army approached. Thus leaving the poor peasants alone to face the Moslems.
Then along came Vlad Tepes who was just as courageous and brutal as the invaders, plus he was a superior military man. He stayed put and took on the Moslems, defeating them thereby preventing a catastrophic invasion of Europe. Thus he was, in the hearts of the peasants a savior, hero. He remained their hero even though he subsequently, in his maniacal bloodlust, impaled thousands of his fellow citizens for his own entertainment. It is recored that he impaled 15,000 in one of his paroxysms of fury. As his victims screamed in terror and pain he strolled among them eating his lunch and cavorting with whores.
This altogether repulsive and horrifying person was, when just a boy, given by his own father to the Sultan of Turkey as a hostage to guarantee his father's adherence to a pact he had formed with the Sultan. Vlad was reared in the court of the Sultan among his eunuchs at Topkapi. It is not historically certain as to whether or not Vlad was castrated there. Probably not because the Sultan did not want to insult Vlad's powerful father with whom he had an agreement. But it is certain that Vlad learned a great deal about Moslem culture and military affairs while he was a boy-hostage. Possibly this had much to do with his subsequent brutality and military prowess later as a man.
Incidentally, there were several different kinds of religious male castration among both Christians and Moslems in Medieval times. Women often had their clitoris removed, a practice still found in some countries. A practice the UN has spoken against. Ain't religion wonderful?
Finally, the name of Vlad's father was Dracul. In his native tongue his son is called Dracula.
The story of Gille de Rais is equally bloodcurdling.
Gerald, I don't know anything about Vlad the Impaler but my guess is that he was repeatedly homosexually abused, ridiculed and humiliated, rather than castrated. The way he tortured and killed thousands in narcissistic fits of rage and revenge seems like an enactment of homosexual rape, only this time, HE had the power to do the hurting and it was the other person who screamed in pain and was utterly powerless. It was extremely common for children to be used and abused this way for thousands of years, especially in the courts of monarchs. Children so abused often grow up to unconsciously re-enact some form of their abuse.
I would also wonder what had happened to Hickman in HIS childhood to make him such a grotesque murderer...what kind of abuse did he suffer in infancy and toddlerhood that lay dormant in his unconscious mind until something terrible re-awakened his blind fury to annihilate.
The price we pay for abusing and shaming little boys is that they often become psychopathic killers when they grow physically capable of avenging the abused child they once were. Here, I'm also thinking of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, and Putin... :(