It's 9/26 and ancient evil continues to burden us all

Today is the anniversary of the Papal Bull Dudum siquidem, some truly evil shit that supplemented the bull Inter caetera, which followed up on the bull Aeterni regis and, between them made all lands not ruled by christian rulers and the inhabitants thereof the property of either Spain or Portugal. The slaughter, rape, rapine, enslavement and asset stripping of much of the world was legitimized by this heinous christian bullshit. I and others have written about this horrible bull and its horrific and genocidal repercussions before, and I'm really not up to it today. As a result, I'm mostly posting a reprise of a comment I made in Joe Shiskpack's evening blues last night. Conrad didn't know the half of it, and Belgium was a lightweight and latecomer to the game, but yes, the Horror! The horror! But, hey, can one expect any less?

Were there really a moral arc to the universe, the victims would rise up, kick some ass, and take back all that is theirs, especially all the wealth in all those cheesy cathedrals and such. Not to fear, however, there is neither a moral arc nor a moral Ark, and the universe, once laughing behind our backs, is now laughing in our faces. Please go about your business as usual.

cross posted from caucus99percent.com