Our ancestors were mostly peaceful and hardworking people who lived below layers of institution which commanded the vast majority of violence in an ordered fashion both within small communities and between warring principalities.

I am not well read or concise enough- or even free enough this afternoon- to follow through with a burden of proof on this claim. If you are interested in reading I can offer some antique fiction which touches on how peasants of some era/location handled threats, for what little that is worth, but I cant casually bust out a page number from an encyclopedia or whatever it is which might satisfy someone who vehemently disagrees.

If you've decided our ancestors were stupid, unmeek barbarians who jumped at the opportunity to answer a problem by personally murdering others, I am powerless to stop you. Just remember that is how a jew would describe us.

Our ancestors were mostly peaceful and hardworking people who lived below layers of institution which commanded the vast majority of violence in an ordered fashion both within small communities and between warring principalities.

I am not well read or concise enough- or even free enough this afternoon- to follow through with a burden of proof on this claim. If you are interested in reading I can offer contemporary fiction which touches on how peasants of some era/location handled threats, for what little that is worth.

If you've decided our ancestors were stupid, unmeek barbarians who jumped at the opportunity to answer a problem by personally murdering others, I am powerless to stop you. Just remember that is how a jew would describe us.

Our ancestors were mostly peaceful and hardworking people who lived below a layer of institution which commanded the vast majority of violence in an ordered fashion both within small communities and between warring principalities.

I am not well read or concise enough- or even free enough this afternoon- to follow through with a burden of proof on this claim. If you are interested in reading I can offer contemporary fiction which touches on how peasants of some era/location handled threats, for what little that is worth.

If you've decided our ancestors were stupid, unmeek barbarians who jumped at the opportunity to answer a problem by personally murdering others, I am powerless to stop you. Just remember that is how a jew would describe us.