----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 12:00 AM Subject: Native American Rights RE: Where are the European hypocrites?
> At 07:49 AM 6/13/2003 -0400 Jon Gabriel wrote: > >> Yeah, but there have been Jews in that area since > >> before recorded history and they made up a very large > >> proportion of the population before the Israeli War of > >> Independence. > > > >You know, I do sympathize with this point of view, but by those > >standards, the United States belongs to Native Americans, doesn't it? > > > >(....or do you feel perhaps that because they lost the war(s), they lost > >their rights for the land? I'm curious about your opinion.) > > Actually, I would argue that the Native Americans have lost "their rights > to the United States" because of a combination of the folllowing: > 1) The statute of limitations has expired. There's simply no way to turn > back the clock to the injustice. Moreover, almost all people alive in the > US today were simply born here - and did not choose to be born here, and > indeed, have no record of having oppressed Native Americans. > 2) The Native Americans did not really achieve sufficient organization, > with a few local exceptions, to claim "nationhood" in the modern sense, and > thus designate a representative to receive reparations. For example, the > largest Native American group currently existant in the US today is the > Navaho, but it doesn't really make much sense to give the Navajo North > Carolina - or even Texas. > 3) The ration of currently living Native Americans to available land is > disproportionate. Thus, in sort of an extension of #1, it would make no > sense and resemble no sort of justice to give the Native Americans all of > the United States. > Hmmmm..........Only after a massive war of repatriation against Canada, Mexico, all of Central and South America. xponent ALL Of It Maru rob <G> _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
