Killing and Eating Traitors
Longtime readers know I was once a cannibal hunter. Not as a professional. More of a pass-time and anthropological adventure and research.
Yesterday, in Taiwan, I found this 1896 book.
Formosa had become part of Japan in 1895 while the author was working on the book. Despite the current and false CCP information war saying Taiwanese hate Japanese, just today a newspaper editor at @EpochTimes in Taipei told us his 93 year-old father still sings Japanese songs. Many elderly Taiwanese still sing Japanese songs at festivals or monthly gatherings. Many miss the Japanese, but not the Chinese.
Japan is still widely revered in Taiwan…China is a different story.
I’ve learned many things from global travels and trunks full of books. One of those items are the genocide-rhymes.
Some stories rhyme like this — a hostile invader storms in, or just slowly moves in over time. One or more local groups side with the invader. Other groups feel betrayed and while attacking the invader also take special revenge on traitors.
An example would be Nazis or communists invading eastern european countries and a certain tribal group who has lived there peacefully for generations, even centuries, sides with the invaders. And if the invader loses, the tribe or group is left naked and outnumbered and gets smashed.
Notice the highlighted historical rhymes
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Can I just ask please: what is a cannibal hunter?
Michael, your message was received. A different version of the message from one of our founding fathers, “...May posterity forget you were ever our countrymen.” The current meme version of the message is, “These people won’t be able to walk down the street.”