Listening to this BBC History Magazine podcast this morning I thought of this horrific crime when a store clerk is gunned down after he gave the perp the convenience store's cash. Utterly senseless. Be armed, people. I'm reminded of the late WBZ talk show host David Brudnoy who several times over the years mentioned how the barbarians are within for us when in historical terms they'd be without
The BBC discussion--and those accents are utterly delightful, esp. on the women--is of the Vikings and how they engaged in "overkill," not just settling for merely robbing people or monasteries, but in chopping them up, like at Iona where all 68 monks and priests were massacred.
"From the fury of the Norsemen Deliver Us, O Lord."
The BBC discussion--and those accents are utterly delightful, esp. on the women--is of the Vikings and how they engaged in "overkill," not just settling for merely robbing people or monasteries, but in chopping them up, like at Iona where all 68 monks and priests were massacred.
"From the fury of the Norsemen Deliver Us, O Lord."
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