FINDING THE INVISIBLES: A TRUE STORY

Stoning of Apostle Philip, Hierapolis, Phrygia, AD 54, Public Domain Illustration, 1685 IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE: Skip this chapter WARNING! GRAPHIC VIOLENCE Torture had a beginning.  Let’s first look at the Roman Empire.  (Yes, EVERY century has torture, and psychopaths who seem to enjoy it.) Here is an example from Italy:   Sewn into a Donkey??  If you’re looking for cruel and unusual forms of torture, you don’t have to look any further than Ancient Rome. Take, for instance, a torture that was described by both Apuleius ( The Golden Ass ) and Lucian ( Lucius, or the Ass ): A donkey would be killed, its belly sliced open, and the entrails removed.  The accused was then stripped of clothing and stuffed into the animal’s belly.  The belly was stitched closed, leaving only the accused’s head outside, preventing suffocation but prolonging suffering.  The donkey’s body was kept in the sun.  It would begin to decompose—w...

In a shocking little booklet ( click for PDF ) titled “Ancient Eugenics” written in 1913 by “late scholar” Allen G. Roper , this incrementalism is further elaborated upon. The way to build this future eugenic state, Roper argues, is not by an open decree or oppressive measures.  For the trick to work, it must be a thing of the long haul.   Torture Tools (GRAPHIC VIOLENCE) Stoning of Apostle Philip, Hierapolis, Phrygia, AD 54, Public Domain Illustration, 1685 IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE: Skip this chapter WARNING! GRAPHIC VIOLENCE Torture had a beginning.  Let’s first look at the Roman Empire.  (Yes, EVERY century has torture, and psychopaths who seem to enjoy it.) Here is an example from Italy:   Sewn into a Donkey??  If you’re looking for cruel and unusual forms of torture, you don’t have to look any further than Ancient Rome. Take, for instance, a torture that was described by both Apuleius ( The Golden Ass ) and Lucian ( Lucius, or th...