[TheForge] Patriotic rant....

[Terry L. Ridder]

hello;

ask any native american indian what they think of
the treatment the fore-fathers of america gave their
ancestors.

the fore-fathers of america were the terrorist at the
time. wounded-knee is a good example of terrorist
actions by the fore-fathers of america.

the 'boston tea party' was a terrorist attack by
colonist on the british.

the colonist and early settlers took the land they
wanted from the native american indians. their mere
presents in north america was in fact biological warfare.
the native american indians immune systems had never been
exposed to numerous dieases common in europe at the time.

the native american indians had no knowledge of alcohol.
the early colonists and settlers sure fixed that.
alcohol abuse is rampant in the native american indians
as is diabetes. unemployment amongst the native american
indians is saggering.

the american fore fathers slaughtered their way to the
pacific coast all part of 'manifest destiny'. there is
no honor in what was done.

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Ralph E Douglass wrote:

Bill245@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 6/20/02 11:34:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
douglass@ptdcs2.ra.intel.com writes:
ralph> 
ralph> if these other folks want what we have then
ralph> they need do the same thing we did. Fight for it
ralph> 

bill>
bill> Especially if you define "what we have" as
bill> disproportionate influence over world politics,
bill> culture, entities, events, opinion, etc., isn't that what
bill> they believe they're doing?
bill> 

ralph> 
ralph> They may believe that. But all they are really asking is that we give to
ralph> them what took us a long time to build and earn. Is it right that we
ralph> have so much? I am not sure. But I am sure that we have what we have due
ralph> to the work of our fore-fathers and due to our work now.
ralph> Yes we were blessed to have been in a land of great natural resources.
ralph> But many other places have that as well. What is different? It is the
ralph> choices that were made to have a freer society where that with hard work
ralph> you too can have. Today it is much harder to do this, but it is still
ralph> possible. And as others have stated, even our less fortunate here
ralph> usually have it much better than other parts of the world.
ralph> 
ralph> 
ralph> Ralph
ralph> 

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Terry L. Ridder ><>