Man is indeed a rum lot.

"Nobody, by denying Somebody's existence, is also changed into Nobody. And if we are all Nobody, then none of us exists. The circle is closed and the shadow of Nobody spreads out over our land, choking the Gesticulator and covering everything. Silence - the prehistoric silence, stronger than all the pyramids and sacrifices, all the churches and uprisings and popular songs - comes back to rule over ......."

~ Octavio Paz

It seems that all primitive cultures were rooted in human sacrifice, which is "unanimity minus one."

And we're not? This country has a pro-abortion crowd (NB: I specifically mean those who scream when a woman makes a choice to HAVE a child) that certainly brings to mind the worship of Moloch.

It's always gratifying when people get the multiple layers of meaning and reference.

This sounds like a reference to ancient Sparta, where imperfect offspring were left on a mountain to die.

As a matter of fact was written at the tomb of Leonidas in Sparta.

Very haunting bit of verse.

The most innocent perish and the truly guilty go on.

It is sad to see that nothing has changed since the time of Moloch and the Spartans.