I am glad you guys cited all this stuff. I knew the "nah it was all roman propaganda" thing was disproven pretty definitively, but I do not have to background to actually explain that stuff. But yeah, folks don't make blanket statements about the ancient world based on cultural osmosis. I can't find it now but there was a great version of that argument meme with the point being that it is silly to act like the child sacrifice being a real thing would make it impossible to enjoy Carthage and wish it wasn't destroyed.