That's a bit of a simplification. Yes, the Spanish (more than 1 million California Indians were killed by small pox brought by the Spanish), the French and the English did a good deal of killing. But it was an American who coined the phrase, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian." The American military slaughtered 10s of thousands of Indians, wiping out whole villages. It was Andrew Jackson who force marched the Cherokee into Oklahoma.
Also, whether Spanish, French or English, the atrocities are still part of our history, still part of our culture and something that was accomplished under the banner of Western culture and Christianity. As I said before, I don't believe that any of this invalidates anything about the United States (or Christianity for that matter). It's just part of our history to come to terms with and learn from. H. -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 9:44 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Massive blasts rock Central Jerusalem :( You must remember the majority of America was gained by purchase or by war with other established countries. Most of the US was gained through the Louisiana Purchase, the war with Mexica and different treaties with England. And don't forget Sewards Folly(Alaska). We let England, France, and Spain do most of the Indian killing. By the time America came out to the new land the Indians were too tired and sick to fight. At 01:29 AM 12/2/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Which country is the most powerful nation in the world? America. >If we had let the Indian's survive or let them stay in the land we >occupied, like the Israelis let the "Palestinians" stay in 68 after they >took over the occupied territories (another analogy), then we would be >fighting Indian terrorists right now. >The winners write the history books, not the compromisers. Every single >American today is an American because we killed all of the Indians. Any >American who thinks we should not have done it really can leave for all >I care. I'm sure there is another most powerful nation in the world >somewhere for them. > >The ironic thing is that if America had existed back in the 1700's and >another country tried to invade the Indians homeland, we would probably >send in troops and defend the Indians homeland so we could feel good >about ourselves. That is America's hypocrrisy, the people want to feel >good about themselves. They are probably the same ones who are ashamed >of America's history too. I'm more ashamed of these people than of what >we did to the Indians. These people are unintelligent. Stupidity has >caused more pain and misery in our world than anything else throughout >history. > >If Israel had taken the American example to heart they would control >most of the Middle East by now, they are powerful enough. Is that a good >thing? I dont know, but there would be less Islamic militants to drive >planes into our buildings, and no Palestinians dancing in the streets >when Americans are killed. Did you want to dance in the streets with >them? I assume not, then why are you so supportive of them? >They would be happy to kill every single Israeli and American, yet you >side with them, because you want to take the higher road and think >yourself above that kind of violence. Seems hypocritical to me. > >jon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
