ምህ ይኼ ብቻ። በኦሮሞ ጥናት ጥርሱን የነቀለው እንግሊዛዊው የታሪክ ምሑር ፕሮፌሰር ጆርጅ ሐንቲንግፎርድ “The Galla of Ethiopia; The Kingdoms of Kafa and Janjero” በሚል ርዕስ በ1948 ዓ.ም. ባሳተመው ጥናት ውስጥ የኦሮሞ የገዢ መደብ ድርጅት የሆነው የገዳ ሥርዓት ከሌሎች ወታደራዊ ሥርዓቶች የሚለይበትን በምርኮኞች ላይ ሳይቀር እንዲፈጸም የሚፈቅደውንና ተቋማዊ ያደረገውን ritualized የሆነው culture of violence “Murder as an institution” በሚል ንዑስ ርዕስ ገጽ 64 ላይ እንዲህ አቅርቦታል፤
“… The desire of the Galla to kill seems to have horrified even the Abyssinians; and a man was not considered a full man till he had killed a human being – very Galla claimed “the right to kill”. Even so, the rest of the Galla themselves looked up on Arusi as especially ferocious, for them to murder at the time of great festivals is both an honor and a social necessity, though if an Arusi kills a fellow-tribesman it is believed that he will get leprosy; but inter-tribal murders are allowed without penalty, particularly at the end of each Luba period. Before setting out to commit a “murder for honor” the Arusi drinks large quantities of blood, which produces a condition of frenzy. Since the murder nearly always a cowardly one, they hide and kill unsuspecting wayfarers, emasculating them and taking home the genitals a trophy. On their return the murderers enact the scene, with cries of triumph and derisive imitation of the victim’s anguish. Only after such a murder may a man wear a copper ring in his ear. When several men take part in a murder, the honor goes to him who strikes the first blow. Hence there is often much quarreling. A man who sets out before a festival to kill and returns unsuccessful is not only ridiculed but is branded on the forehead and given a small jar of milk which he has to make into butter as a sign that he is not a man. No man could hold a position in the gada-government unless he had killed a man or a large animal.”