I'm not sure what this has to do with the Cherokee Law of Blood and the Clan governmental structure of a nation the size of France at the time. On the other hand Merrimee wrote a wonderful short story about the Corsican family vendetta structure called Mateo Falcone.
It seems that the problem here is an unscientific lack of objectivity when exploring other cultures. I spent many years in a Christian Fundamentalist culture dictated by the U.S. government for reservation Indians when our traditional religion relegated us to the same status as the Moranos were in Isabella's Spain. The story about Judaism from the Christians of the time included all of the Anti-Semitic Blood Libel stories that eventually culminated in the Holocaust. Understanding our Science, our Religion, our Governmental structures seems hopeless at times as I get older. The more I learn about the wisdom of our culture, the more distant I feel from everyone else. REH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of de Bivort Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:26 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] From the Pulp sector There is in any tribal society the notion that the whole tribe is responsible for proportionate retribution against an offender's clan. In the US, we have the famous McCoy-Hatfield feud. These vendettas -- for that is what they become -- can go on for many generations i they are not resolved through negotiations among the tribal elders. The Muslim world, in what can be considered an instance of a major social progress, established negotiation and reconciliation as a pre-requisite to any resort to an 'eye-for-an-eye' violence -- or even to voluntarily accepted adjudication. I did see first-hand an instance of such an honor code writ small: a girl was gunned won outside the American University in Beirut in 1964 by her brother, because she had dated someone without her family's consent or male rpesence. This involved Christian families. I highly recommend an extraordinary movie to you about this: Before the Rains. It concerns blood feuds and honor killing in Macedonia, between Christian orthodox and Muslim clans. Cheers, Lawry On Nov 8, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Ray Harrell wrote: > Cherokees have no rules about apostasy and proselytizing is considered a > slap in the face to the Lifegiver since we chose before we came. As far as > crime and war, there was practically none except for the little war the > Sacred Ball game between rivals. I don't see the Law of Blood being > applicable to Arabs at all although we have similar attitudes towards the > power of words. > > REH > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D and N > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 2:31 PM > To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION > Subject: Re: [Futurework] From the Pulp sector > > This would appear to be a rule that has been lost to the > Christian/Judaic milieu while, in part at least, it is being played out > by the Arab 'clan'. > > Darryl > > > On 11/8/2011 10:28 AM, Ray Harrell wrote: >> The "Law of Blood" demands responsibility by one clan's actions of its >> members against the members of another clan. Any member of the >> offending clan pays until the books are balanced. No chasing the >> perpetrator. A clan is responsible and so they police their own lest >> some innocent or more valued member lose their life as payment instead >> of the perpetrator. > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
