Warrior-Mentor
12-01-2009, 05:05
With a better understanding now of the "Ottoman Empire" [read islamic expansionism],
maybe Vlad wasn't such a bad guy after all.
Perhaps he was just defending his country against an existential threat...
"Some sources incorrectly trace vampires back to Romanian prince Vlad Tepes (1431-1476), who fought for independence against the Ottoman Empire. Though by most accounts his methods were brutal and sadistic (for example, slowly impaling his enemies on stakes, drawing and quartering them, burning them to death, etc.), in reality they were not particularly cruel or unusual for the time. Similar techniques were used by the Catholic Church and other powerful entities and rulers during the Middle Ages to torture and kill enemies."
SOURCE:
http://news.aol.com/article/the-real-science-and-history-of-vampires/791264?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews. aol.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-real-science-and-history-of-vampires%2F791264
maybe Vlad wasn't such a bad guy after all.
Perhaps he was just defending his country against an existential threat...
"Some sources incorrectly trace vampires back to Romanian prince Vlad Tepes (1431-1476), who fought for independence against the Ottoman Empire. Though by most accounts his methods were brutal and sadistic (for example, slowly impaling his enemies on stakes, drawing and quartering them, burning them to death, etc.), in reality they were not particularly cruel or unusual for the time. Similar techniques were used by the Catholic Church and other powerful entities and rulers during the Middle Ages to torture and kill enemies."
SOURCE:
http://news.aol.com/article/the-real-science-and-history-of-vampires/791264?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews. aol.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-real-science-and-history-of-vampires%2F791264