tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5651857998133177636..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Scalping on Tonight ShowRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-37524375095266489602009-09-02T22:32:30.938-07:002009-09-02T22:32:30.938-07:00I've heard about the European scalping, but I ...I've heard about the European scalping, but I believe the Indians developed the practice independently. Even if the Europeans brought it with them and introduced it to some tribes.<br /><br />For more on the subject, see <a href="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/2009/08/al-carroll-on-tarantinos-scalping.html" rel="nofollow">Al Carroll on Tarantino's Scalping</a>.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-47832989814604466192009-09-02T11:16:26.735-07:002009-09-02T11:16:26.735-07:00hey,
great blog - congrats!
...just to point to ...hey, <br />great blog - congrats!<br /><br />...just to point to a little know fact that scalping had been a very ancient Eurasian tradition long before the Apaches scalping some Native Mexican Tlaxcalan colonists in the northern New Spain - starting with the Kimerians and Scythians (1st millennium BC) who not only scalped their vanquished foes but also flayed their skin and made the entire human skin into a sort of horse covering - btw I find that new Tarantino's movie idiotic, especially in light of this year 70th anniversary of the most savage carnage in the history of Europe - e.g. back in 1942-44 my own father saw with his 7-9 years old eyes several public killings of his favorite cousins, uncles and other civilians being executed by the Nazi Germans... Tarantino's f..cking comedy about killing - pop culture is sick.Dario T. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08130649848483687308noreply@blogger.com