Tsaivao wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:
I support the Incans. When I read the books on this topic, I feel sympathy for the Incan side.
I don’t know how it comes across as otherwise.
There 's a huge difference between expressing sympathy and going on and on about "honor" and "nobility". The Incans weren't fighting for honor, they weren't engaged in noble conquest in this war, they were trying to survive. Going on about their "honorable" sacrifice de-empathizes them; they didnt want the majority of their people to die by disease nor become part of the casualties and have their culture erased by foreign conquerors.
You claiming this over-idealized "noble sacrifice" is what many people condemn war for. War is terrible, and I'm sure you mean well, but that kind of thinking is how wars like this have happened in the first place, and it doesn't feel right.
It took bravery to march out and fight against invaders that had steel, guns, cannons, and horses.
That’s what I’m saying.