As a devote Trumpster, mhaze has to make it up on the run.

"16152 executed between 1300 and 1850 of which a small fraction were burned at the stake." Anther mhaze made up fact, the predominant method of execution for witches in Europe was by burning at the stake, hardly a "small fraction". mhaze's European ancestors were also, decapitating witches with axes, could take 5 or 6 blows to remove their head, lynching, often taking up to an hour to suffocate, garroting, disembowelment, drowning. The death took place after a long process of torture including thumb screws, hot irons, the rack, etc. In one favorite act, a "witch" was placed in a barrel with sharp spikes driven in, then the barrel was rolled down a hill, after that the barrel was burned. Yet mhaze claims that his European ancestors after doing all that to women themselves, they somehow were "shocked" by the treatment of women by Aboriginal men. I know they were shocked by their nakedness, European men couldn't resist raping Aboriginal women. The same men, mhaze relies upon for evidence of what he claims.

Trumpster,

You rely upon; "early colonists and explorers concerning their reactions to the violent treatment of the aboriginal women". These are the same colonists and explorers who were raping and murdering Aboriginal women, in the most horrendous ways, and you rely upon them for evidence of barbaric treatment of Aboriginal women. Are you serious?

Canem Malum,
Cheers, same to you ! And, the other handful of "Sane" out there !

Sanity is over-rated.

Indy, Kudos Kid, you both have something in common with Adolf Hitler....Hitler and his Nazi Party also celebrated Christmas, just like you pair ... come to think of it, so do I. Hummmmmm, happy festive Season to you both.

"Hitler and his Nazi Party also celebrated Christmas"

Actually, as with most things Paul thinks about history, this is wrong. The Nazis were not all that happy about Christmas, at least the Christian element of it, and tried over the years to turn it into a pagan festival that venerated Nazi ideology. For Goebbels, the aim was to replace Jesus with Hitler.

Propaganda has many successes and can achieve all sorts of bizarre things and cause people to fall for all sorts of lies. You only need to read Paul's posts to see that. But the attempt to cancel Christmas was dismal failure and Germans, even through the war, continued to celebrate it even in defiance of Nazi entreaties.