Castration to Drug Addiction: Innovations in Radhan Slave Trading

"HORRIFIC CRIME"

"Child sexual abuse is one of the most horrific crimes". (Europol director Rob Wainwright cited in Europol arrests 115 suspects in child sex raids, Reuters, 10 Dec 2009)

TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE

What are we talking about here? Oh, activity like "having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.

PREPARATION WITH DRUGS

He was accused of plying the teen with champagne and part of a Quaalude pill and then raping her during a modeling shoot at Jack Nicholson's house in 1977. He was initially indicted on six felony counts, including rape by use of drugs, child molesting and sodomy. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse." (Linda Deutsch, Court to rule if Polanski can fight case from afar, AP, 10 Dec 2009)

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

And who might use drugs to weaken a people?

Some "foreigners were ready enough to weaken China and absorb her wealth by encouraging" the use of opium. (Hwang Tsioh-Tsz, Director of the Court of State Ceremonial cited in Edward Harper Parker, Chinese Account of the Opium War, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, p 1)

JEWISH SPIRITUAL VALUES

Foreigners? What kind? "the Jews of Babylonia and Persia in that period, which lasted during the first three centuries of Islam, consituted the greatest concentration of all the Jewish diasporas and it is among them that the main spiritual center of Judaism was located." (Moshe Gil, David Strassler, Jews in Islamic countries in the Middle Ages, Tel Aviv University, 1997, p 636)

In other words, the essence of Jewish spiritual life was exhibited in the lives of these traders. "During the ninth century, the Persian geographer lbn Khurradadhbih described the prodigious trading network of Jews from Radhan, a neighborhood of Baghdad, who journeyed across North Africa and the whole Eurasian landmass from France and Spain in the west to India and China in the east, crisscrossing the continents from north to south. These Radhanites had learned many of the languages spoken within this vast territory and traded in commodities as diverse as swords, brocade, eunuchs, and slaves from the west, to spices. perfumes, and precious woods from the east." (Myer Samra, Migration Patterns of Iraqi Jews in M. Avrum Ehrlich, Editor, Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora - Origins, Experiences, and Culture, ABC-CLIO, 2008, p 354)

DEALING IN DRUGS AND SLAVES

In medieval times, "Along the overland Jewish trade nexus moved the countless oriental luxury items and spices, drugs and the like."

"An especially lively part of the Jewish overland trade seems to have been the traffic in eunuchs and male as well as female slaves."
(André Wink,
Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early medieval India and the Expansion of Islam, vol 1, E.J. Brill and OUP, Leiden and New Delhi, 1990, p 97)

AND THEY DOMINATED THE SLAVE TRADE

"I believe that serious consideration should be given to the possibility that this fear was largely related to the slave trade, particularly in the 9th and 10th centuries, when the Jewish role in the slave trade appears to have been preponderant (10).

RIGHT OUT OF THE SPIRITUAL CENTER OF JUDAISM - RADHAN

During this period, Jewish merchants, from the cities in the valley of the Rhône, Verdun, Lione, Arles and Narbonne, in addition to Aquisgrana, the capital of the empire in the times of Louis the Pious [Louis I]; and in Germany from the centres of the valley of the Rhine, from Worms, Magonza and Magdeburg; in Bavaria and Bohemia, from Regensburg and Prague - were active in the principal markets in which slaves (women, men, eunuchs) were offered for sale, by Jews, sometimes after abducting them from their houses. From Christian Europe the human merchandise was exported to the Islamic lands of Spain, in which there was a lively market.

MULTIFACETED ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

The castration of these slaves, particularly children, raised their prices, and was no doubt a lucrative and profitable practice (11)." (Ariel Toaff, Pasque di sangue, translated by Gian Marco Lucchese and Pietro Gianetti located at http://www.bloodpassover.com/, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007, p 128-129)

"Child sexual abuse is one of the most horrific crimes". (Europol director Rob Wainwright cited in Europol arrests 115 suspects in child sex raids, Reuters, 10 Dec 2009)

"The first testimony relating to the abduction of children by Jewish merchants active in the trade flowing into Arab Spain, comes down to us in a letter from Agobard, archbishop of Lyon in the years 816-840." (Ariel Toaff, Pasque di sangue, translated by Gian Marco Lucchese and Pietro Gianetti located at http://www.bloodpassover.com/, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007, p 129)

"Their multifaceted economic activities and the routes of these Jewish merchants, and their ties with the Jewish centers scattered along their routes, were parallel to the strong spiritual and communal ties between the Babylonian center and the diaspora communities. These merchants were called Radhanites because the greatest concentration of Jews in the east of Babylonia, on the Persian border, had been from long away days". (Moshe Gil, David Strassler, Jews in Islamic countries in the Middle Ages, Tel Aviv University, 1997, p 636)

PERVERSE SEX ABUSE

"The French prelate describes the appearance at Lyons of a Christian slave, having escaped from Córdoba, who had been abducted from Leonese Jewish merchant twenty four years before, when he was a child, to be sold to the Moslems of Spain. His companion in flight was another Christian slave having suffered a similar fate after being abducted six years before by Jewish merchants at Arles. The inhabitants of Lyons confirmed these claims, adding that yet another Christian boy had been abducted by Jews to be sold into slavery that same year. Agobard concludes his report with a comment of a general nature; that these were not considered isolated cases, because, in every day practice, the Jews continued to procure Christian slaves for themselves and furthermore subjecting them to "infamies such that it would be vile in itself to describe them" (12).

Precisely what kind of abominable “infamies” Agobard is referring to is not clear; but it is possible that he was referring to castration more than to circumcision (13). Liutprando, bishop of Cremona, in his Antapodosis, said to have been written in approximately 958-962, referred to the city of Verdun as the principal market in which Jews castrated young slaves intended for sale to the Moslems of Spain (14). During this same period, two Arab sources, Ibn Haukal and Ibrahim al Qarawi, also stressed that the majority of their eunuchs originated from France and were sold to the Iberian peninsula by Jewish merchants. Other Arabic writers mentioned Lucerna, a city with a Jewish majority, halfway between Córdoba and Málaga in southern Spain, as another major market, in which the castration of Christian children after reducing them to slavery was practiced on a large scale by the very same people (15).

Contemporary rabbinical responses provide further confirmation of the role played by Jews in the trade in children and young people as well as in the profitable transformation of boys into eunuchs." (Ariel Toaff, Pasque di sangue, translated by Gian Marco Lucchese and Pietro Gianetti located at http://www.bloodpassover.com/, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007, p 129) Dr. Toaff is “Professor of Medieval and Renaissance History at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, Toaff has written Wine and Bread: A Jewish Community in the Middle Ages (1989; translated into English and French), Jewish Monsters: The Imaginary Jew from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Age (1996) and Eating Jewish Style. Jewish Cooking in Italy from the Renaissance to the Modern Age (2000).” (Ariel Toaff, Pasque di sangue, translated by Gian Marco Lucchese and Pietro Gianetti located at http://www.bloodpassover.com/, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007, Back Cover)

BUT DIDN'T THE LAW EVER HELP THE PEOPLE?

In theory, the "authorities" had some laws to protect the people: "anyone who engaged in such trade was aware of the risks involved, because any person caught and arrested in possession of castrated slaves in Christian territories was decapitated by order of the local authorities". (Ariel Toaff, Pasque di sangue, translated by Gian Marco Lucchese and Pietro Gianetti located at http://www.bloodpassover.com/, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007, p 129)

RISKY THRILL SEEKING

The business of castrating slaves physically brought a lot of satisfaction to these Jewish merchants. But it was a risky business.

FINDING A SAFER WAY TO WEAKEN THE VICTIMS

Maybe there was another way to deprive their victims of "strength, power, and efficiency":

castrate: "1. to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld." "4. to deprive of strength, power, or efficiency; weaken:" (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/castration)

There was: the drug business.

Roman Polanski was "plying the teen with champagne and part of a Quaalude pill and then raping her". (Deutsch, supra)

"They were now ruining the bodies and the fortunes of the Chinese with their abominable poisons." (Hwang Tsioh-Tsz, Director of the Court of State Ceremonial cited in Edward Harper Parker, Chinese Account of the Opium War, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, p 1)

But opium had its limits. Sure it weakened and destroyed people. But opium made them less willing to work.

And that's really not what a Rahdanite slave trader wants.

Well, how about a different drug? The sort of thing that can ensnare "millions of Chinese in a prison of poverty and addiction." (Chrisopher Hale, Himmler's Crusade: The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race, John Wiley & Sons, 2003, p 47)

And not just the Chinese.

Well, the Jews hit upon the perfect idea: nicotine!

Nicotine is a naturally occurring alkaloid found in tobacco plants. (Rygning er stærkt vanedannende: Lad være med at begynde, Kræftens Bekæmpelse) An alkaloid is an organic compound with at least one nitrogen atom in a ring structure. (alkaloid, http://www.answers.com/topic/alkaloid?cat=health) Other alkaloids include quinine, cocaine, and morphine. (id.)

FASTENING THE CHAINS - VIRTUAL CHAINS

Cigarettes usually contain 7 to 10 milligrams per gram. The smoke from a typical cigarette contains between .1 milligrams and 1.5 milligrams per cigarette. All the experts agree that nicotine is addictive in the same way as cocaine. (Rygning er stærkt vanedannende: Lad være med at begynde, Kræftens Bekæmpelse) Smokers regulate their nicotine consumption by 1) the brand of cigarette they use, 2) how much they inhale, and 3) how frequently they smoke.

Nicotine is the substance in tobacco that makes the body of a smoker addicted. Even small quantities have big effects. When a smoker inhales, the nicotine goes right through the mucus membrane in the mouth and lung of the smoker, and goes straight to the brain.

Cigarette packaging usually discloses how much nicotine the manufacturer claims is in a cigarette.

For people not accustomed to nicotine, smoking a cigarette, cigar, or even mouth kissing a smoker can lead to nicotine shock -- where the victim can become dizzy, develop a fever, and even vomit. In short, poisoning.

Nicotine use increases the heart rate, stress hormones are activated, as the body goes on full alert against the poisoning. Smokers call this the "kick", and a lot of them like it.

Naturally, when the body is accustomed to regular nicotine poisoning, the sensation is not nearly as strong as the first several times.

DECEIVES THE BRAIN

Ordinarily, the substance acethylcholin causes the brain to direct some neurons to produce dopamine. Once you get a lot of dopamine, you feel good, relaxed, and have a general feeling of well-being. Nicotine causes the brain to produce dopamine, as it acts in a manner similar to acethylcholin.

Dopamine causes not only a feeling of relaxation, but improves concentration.

After smoking just a few cigarettes, the brain develops a memory of good feelings from smoking.
(Vågen og i balance, DR)

With non-smokers, the body can produce dopamine on its own. After time, the smoker's body forgets how to emit these feel-good substances on its own, and the smoker needs nicotine to get the good feelings. (Nikotin, Kræftens Bekæmpelse)

CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY

Nicotine consumption increases the levels of dopamine, and the smokers get to liking this. After smoking for a while, the smoker's body stops producing dopamine on its own. Meanwhile, the smoker needs greater and greater quantities of nicotine to get the same good feeling.

If the smoker stops, the good feelings are gone. He feels miserable, as the body is crying out for dopamine. Of course, after quitting smoking, the body starts producing dopamine again after some time. But the feeling on quitting can be quite miserable.

On top of that, the smoker has developed a habit. Tense? Relax with a cigarette. At a cafe? Smoke with the friends.

And that's why 90% of people who quit start again in the first year. (Hvorfor ikke bare lade være?, DR)

THE NEW BUSINESS MODEL

When the Radhaniya get the chance, they still enjoy a traditional castration, or circumcision, of their slaves. But castration is risky.

So now they are content to castrate (weaken) their victims with drugs. Drugs like opium/herion, which ruins lives quickly. And the nicotine/tobacco business, with takes a little longer.

"The majority of people that develop Lung Cancer are over the age of 50, with the average age of onset being about 60 years old. This year in the U.S., there will be about 164,000 new cases of Lung Cancer diagnosed and 156,900 deaths from the disease." "Studies have shown that smoking is responsible for 90% OF ALL LUNG CANCER CASES." (Rhode Island Cancer Council, Lung Cancer: The Facts)

If the slave traders get their victims started around 15 years of age, they can milk their money for 45 years before the cancer sets in. That's enough time to pay off a home mortgage, take out and pay off several auto loans, watch hours and years of television, and in general live the life of a weak, compliant slave.

"They were now ruining the bodies and the fortunes of the Chinese with their abominable poisons." (Hwang Tsioh-Tsz, Director of the Court of State Ceremonial cited in Edward Harper Parker, Chinese Account of the Opium War, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, p 1)

"Despite the health problems, lawsuits, and rising prices associated with cigarettes, there's still something seductive about tobacco -- the profits." (Tobacco Industry Profile, Yahoo Finance)

"Silver,--and coined dollars proportionately,--was becoming scarce and relatively dear, the tael having advanced from 1,000 to 1,600 cash in price, the revenue was in confusion". (Hwang Tsioh-Tsz, Director of the Court of State Ceremonial cited in Edward Harper Parker, Chinese Account of the Opium War, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, p 1) Silver and dollars are scarce -- with the tobacco victims, but the Rahdaniya consortium is stockpiling "the profits". (as per Yahoo Finance, supra)

And when they are collecting loads of silver, they call it harvest time. At the height of the opium business: "This was harvest time for David Sassoon & Sons. The Yangtze mud glinted with gold as soon as they laid a brick in it." "Their wharves and godowns were bursting with opium". (Carl A. Trocki, Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy: A Study of the Asian Opium Trade, Routledge, 1999, p 115)

And today, its still harvest time for the opium trade, as shown here. joomla 1.5 statsBut the most profitable drug at the moment is still tobacco/nicotine. And so the "wharves and godowns were bursting with" (per Trocki, supra) cigarette profits (as per Yahoo Finance, supra). And "the Jews continued to procure Christian slaves for themselves". (Ariel Toaff, Pasque di sangue, translated by Gian Marco Lucchese and Pietro Gianetti located at http://www.bloodpassover.com/, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007, p 129)