Isn't this ancient history? That happened way back when and if you don't like it, tough crap. Might has always made right. Chavez has the might, so he's right. Back then, the Spaniards were the tough guys. People are going to continue to crap on each other for the rest of eternity. Isn't this what evolution is all about anyway?
- Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:57 PM Subject: Re: Ah, Jeez, Here We Go Again ... > okay, that's a little bit of revisionist history there. Pizarro had a > handful of men (maybe a couple hundred) The Inca had an army of over > 30,000. If the Inca had wanted to, they could have wiped out Pizarro. > They > fought according to their rules and not the spaniards which included that > when your king was ransomed, you paid and got your king back. They paid, > the spaniards still executed the king. Who were the more civilised > people? > > On 5/4/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'm not endorsing the waves of genocide that occurred when the Europeans >> colonized the Americas, but your little tirade fails to recognize that >> the >> Mesoamerican civilizations regularly fought and slaughtered each other, >> as >> did the Europeans internally, as did the civilizations of the Middle >> East, >> Africa, and Asia. >> >> If the Incas had had the military and technical capacity to wipe out >> Pizarro's army, I have no doubt they would have done it. They might have >> then sailed to Europe and conquered those nations. But they didn't, >> because >> they didn't have gunpowder (a Chinese, not European, invention) or >> cannons, >> or rifles, or ocean-faring ships. But the Incas were a conquering people, >> not some noble peace-loving perfectionist society. I hate that sort of >> historical revisionism. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca >> >> >> >> On 5/4/06, Vivec wrote: >> > >> > Look, that way of thinking is utter and complete BS. >> > >> > There were far greater and more advanced civilisations than Europe >> > existing in South America . They were destroyed by the Conquistadors >> > and their ilk, using this same thinking. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> --------------- >> Robert Munn >> www.funkymojo.com >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206207 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
