Rape, incest, torture, and cannibalism are nothing? Sorry, but the view of the native American world as idyllic is the stuff of storybooks. Paul
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
