[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)
Jeme A Brelin
jeme at brelin.net
Wed Jun 19 07:52:44 UTC 2002
On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, J Henshaw wrote:
> > The Native Americans occupied nearly all of the land the Europeans chose
> > to settle.
>
> DNA? I heard they say we all came from one mother, brother.
I don't know what you mean, here.
Are you talking about the Eden myth wherein the Europeans claimed that all
of mankind was beget from a single pair?
> > The Native Americans were not allowed to continue living on that land and
> > were pushed back and labelled "savages".
>
> Ya, gotta watch those "labels"
You sure do.
> > Those who requested and those who granted land in the European colonies on
> > North America had no intent of sharing the use of the land with the
> > Natives.
>
> Really? Then why did they?
They didn't. They claimed proprietary dominion over the land that was
once common to all living things.
> > Many native civilizations were destroyed.
>
> Throughout History, not an Evil White Man problem, more of a greed
> problem
I didn't attempt to assess root causes.
> > > If we all come from Africa and if your home has no locks on the doors
> > > where's the problem, Jeme?
> >
> > I don't know what Africa has to do with any of this.
>
> Pangea
That one word doesn't carry any magical explanation for your
ramblings. Please elucidate.
> > > But you do have locks. And we do all come from one mother.
> >
> > The locks on my house are like the locks on the door at 7-Eleven.
>
> You mean what, never closed?
Mostly there because you can hardly find a front door without them... and
there are certain emergencies where they're needed. But in normal life,
they never get used.
J.
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