The Europeans were invaders -- or immigrants-- depending on one's perspective. In some instances they were tolerated and perhaps even welcomed. In other places they were slaughtered. It's not as simple as the PC community would have us believe. In any case, the more we can do for native Americans the better. But we're not going to return Manhattan island.
Paul via phone > On Jul 4, 2015, at 3:47 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Jul 4, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The UN can, of course, try to enforce its silly decisions, but that >> would reveal it for what it really is -- a relic of times gone by. > > Yeah, off topic. Nevertheless, just to take this example, returning the lands > claimed, even after adjudication, would at this time be awkward in a number > of respects. It seems unnecessary, however, to characterize the decisions as > “silly.” Especially given the fact of the genocide committed on native > Americans by people coming from Europe. We would do well to reflect on that > fact and on what justice might require as a response. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > "Our world is a human world." > > - Hilary Putnam > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
