I know my local history pretty well. But I still contend that those acts were not Terrorism.
They were genocide (or ethic cleansing) which is not terrorism. As for the "concentration camps", that happened on both sides (depending on where the front lines were.) Read a little about the prison ships anchored in the Long Island Sound for a vivid example. Or the quartering habits of mercenary troops. But I still wouldn't call that terrorism. Excesses of war, maybe. Collective punishment, sure. The British would call it "Bad form, old chap". On 8/17/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You definately have not read your history of the time period. During the > Revolutionary War, the continentals (the pro independence groups) engaged in > ethnic cleansing of many indian tribes all along what is now the states that > border Canada. Or similar incidents during the War of 1812. You may also > want to read about the Trail of Tears during Jackson's presidency. > > As for voting power to change the political landscape, look what happened to > the Loyalists in Georgia, Virginia and Pennsylvania (to name 3 of the > original colonies) - those in favour of remaining with the crown, unless they > fled, were tortured and killed. Their property was confiscated and many were > confined to what we now would call concentration camps. > > > > >As for the Indian massacres and small pox blankets, that was clearly > >not terrorism (as they did not want the populace to know it was > >happening, and would have preferred no survivors). That was simply > >genocide on a grand scale. > > The thing with the small pox blankets was started by the Quebecois during > their war with the Iroquois. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213447 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
