I hate to weigh in on these political diatribes, but would you really equate denial of permission to run a casino with genocide? Certainly it could be called racism or economic oppression. I think that the term "genocide" should be limited to the kind of mass murder, either directly or indirectly, by a government or sanctioned by a government. I do not believe that I have seen heard of this happening in my lifetime regarding native Americans. Not to quibble with mistreatment, benign neglect etc.
Ron Los Angeles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 1:07 PM Subject: RE: native peoples in the US NJC | --- JMDL Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Re: Islam versus the West njc | > [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | | SARAH wrote: | | > How has the USA participated in the genocide of its | >native peoples | >within recent living memory? What are you thinking | >of exactly? | | i know i'm a little behind on digests, sarah, but | are you fucking SERIOUS with this comment? | the US has NEVER STOPPED the genocide of its native | peoples in this country. i don't know where you live, | but you oughta take a visit to the west, cause i got | five tribes worth of eye openin' fer ya. | i'm so blown over by that statement i can't believe | it. | alison e. in slc, utah, former home of the utes, | navajo, shoshone, piute, goshute ( a tribe now | contemplating storing nuclear waste on their land for | money, cause the goddamn mormons won't let em have a | casino...yeah, things are just great on the res...) | Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. | http://mailplus.yahoo.com | |
