PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAPONS

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THESE TYPES OF WEAPONS HAVE BEEN USED SINCE ANCIENT TIMES. IT CAN STILL BE SEEN IN ITS MOST ANCIENT FORM AMONG THE GREAT APES, THEY SOMETIMES MAKE LOUD NOISES JUMP ABOUT AND TEAR THINGS UP, MAKE FACES AND SHOW THEIR TEETH. IN OUR PRIMATIVE ATTEMPTS TO INTIMIDATE OUR RIVALS OR RIVAL TRIBES WE DEVELOPED MANY DANCES WITH AGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS, LOUD SHOUTS,AND FIERCE FACES, THE MAORI OF NEW ZEALAND AND MANY OTHER SOCIETYS IN POLYNESIA HAD THESE AS A PRELUDE TO A FIGHT.
LARGE ARMYS POUNDING ON THEIR SHIELDS, POUNDING DRUMS, BLOWING HORNS AND SHOUTING OR SINGING WAS DONE FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.

THE NOISE SERVED THE PURPOSE TO MAKE YOUR ARMY SOUND BIGGER BEFORE IT WAS SEEN AS WELL AS TO SHOW YOUR ARMY WAS NOT AFRAID AND VERY FIERCE. THE SCOTTISH BAGPIPE WAS A WEAPON ORIGINALLY AND IF YOU HAD NEVER HEARD ONE WOULD INDEED BE SOMETHING TO CAUSE WORRY. THE BAGPIPES ALSO LET YOU KNOW WHO WAS COMING AND THAT YOU WERE IN FOR A REAL FIGHT. I FOUND AN INTERESTING PICTURE THAT BROUGHT ON THIS POST IS A BEDOUIN BAGPIPE FROM THE 1800'S, SOMETHING I HAD NOT HEARD OF BEFORE. ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS OR INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF THE PICTURED BAGPIPE WOULD BE INTERESTING.