less than 500 years ago...... it's not really ancient history.
On 5/4/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:5:206208 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
