> On Jul 4, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
You know, I am not all that sure that we should really want to keep Manhattan… (Sorry Ann.) stan > >> 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. -- 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.
