The speaker believes the world is better off without the cycle of human sacrifice and says he will not excuse it.

“right and the steps were so steep to allow it to tumble all the way to the bottom and then the warrior who'd taken that prisoner would then take the flesh home to be consumed it was the consummation of his victory as a warrior to take on literally internalize the defeated enemy so this was as you say it's a cycle that the world is better off without i'm not going to make any excuses for it but the motivations of those who did that that was not”