Comments by "Bruce Tucker" (@brucetucker4847) on "Into the Shadows" channel.

  1. Best thing the Romans ever did for us. If we didn't have crucifixion this country would be in a right bloody mess, I tell you. Nail 'em up, I say! Nail some sense into them!
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  2. They were brutal because brutality was effective. After seeing a mountain of skulls where there used to be a city, people thought twice before rebelling.
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  3. Jesus: "Tell me about it."
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  4.  @dinnerwithfranklin  What does understanding the historical context have to do with tolerating it today?
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  5. They were actually under orders NOT to destroy the Temple, but troops sacking cities have always tended to get out of hand.
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  6. I like naming cats after Roman Emperors. My first was Caligula because he was a grey kitty with little white boots. He insisted on making his favorite mousie toy a senator. Nero was a very old and famous name among the Roman aristocracy, ruined by one bad apple.
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  7.  @zakazany1945  That is not the way the pagan Roman historians described him. he was hated by the Roman aristocracy and ended up having one of his slaves kill him when they rebelled against him.
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  8. Stwike him forcefuwwy!
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  9. The nails were sometimes taken as good luck charms.
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  10.  @TheGrinningViking  AFAIK there's only one and that was because the nail hit a knot in the wood and bent so it couldn't easy be extracted.
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  11. Much worse it some places. Read up on all the wars in Africa over the last 50 years. Armies of traumatized children cutting people's hands off and raping with gun barrels. A lot of those tricks were learned from European colonists, of course, especially the Belgians in the Congo.
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