At the risk of sounding sexist, I think the common malady causing bloodthirstiness in every population (besides whichever one we belong to), is the condition of having been born of woman.
And I do not use this in any "original sin" sense, unless one traces human descent back to the first billy badass microorganism.
Anne: please provide detailed records of cultures dating from, oh, let's say 2500 years ago, which were other than "bloodthirsty" given today's moveable definition.
"The children of Israel were bloodthirsty" means something to me if one examines the claim in comparison with other cultures from their time (or even our own time). It means nothing in a vacuum.
Gotta go, need to slaughter a baby to make the matzo now.
JUST KIDDING,
Dan
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