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Clearly you did not understand what you where reading but felt the need to attack it anyway. Anyway, Thar is a word in common usage in a different language. He attempts to translate it at "blood vengeance" but it is already a world which you could look up if you felt like it. He then uses the term "thar mentality" to talk about the systems where "blood vengeance" are part of their system.

"The thar mentality can be said to include these features. They vary in degree from person to person and place to place but if we find all or most of them in a society we can justly apply the label thar.

     Extreme importance of personal status and sensitivity to insult
     Acceptance of personal revenge including retaliatory killing
     Obsessive male dominance
     Paranoia over female sexual infidelity
     Primacy of family rights over individual rights"
2nd:

"While we can find this attitude in Spanish cultures, it's much more virulent, destructive and unmoderated by humor and common sense in other parts of the world."

AKA Spanish cultures do a weak version of X but if you want a real example look at Y and Z cultures.



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