[TheForge] Patriotic rant....

Thu Jun 20 20:23:03 2002

There is no country in the world where the people living there now didn't
take it away from someone else. Usually that meant killing them or driving
them out.
Rowland Smuck
The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an
incredible miracle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry L. Ridder" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Patriotic rant....


> 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:
>
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/20/02 11:34:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [email protected] 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>
>
> --
> Terry L. Ridder ><>
>
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