Well, maybe not explicitly, no. But "idyllic" is what most tribes would consider their existance prior to arrival of whites. They may have had their internal struggles but it was nothing compared to the onslaught of white aggression.
It just seemed like that was where that notion was heading. If not, my bad. ;-] -Brendan --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No one suggested anything of the kind. My original > post was in response to a suggestion that life in > North America was idyllic before the arrival of > Europeans. > Paul > -------------- Original message > ---------------------- > From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: PESO - > American > > > Fence > > > > > > > > > > But the New York Times is probably the most > > > liberal daily newspaper in > > > > the U.S. They always take the side of the > > > oppressed minority if they > > > > can. On the other hand, they don't ignore > > > inconvenient facts. > > > > Considering the source I wouldn't call this > > > "history rewritten by the > > > > victors." The article about the violent > cultures > > > of the native > > > > Americans appeared in the science section. In > > > truth, it's history > > > > rewritten by archaeologists. > > > > > > My father was a student of local history. His > take > > > on pre-European life in > > > North America pretty much jives with what you > are > > > saying. His take on > > > post-European life from the Aboriginal point of > view > > > was that the vilence > > > shifted from internal to external and they > really > > > weren't any better off for > > > the European invasion. > > > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > While slavery, copious killing, rape and virtually > > every other form of barbarism was prevelant among > the > > tribes of North America, it was still the > intrusion of > > Europeans which caused their near total > extinction. To > > suggest that they themselves were at times brutual > > toward one another is no defense for their > wholesale > > slaughter at the hands of whites. > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at > www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
