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allan Senior Member
since 2000-04-09
Posts 620On the road 
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They felt the Earth around them Living They took from her only what was needful They were respectful They were proud With just cause When they killed it was with dignity For the creature and for themselves They lived on the land And with it as one They lived in harmony with the seasons In harmony with nature Those that came and destroyed them saw the land as other A wild thing to be tamed or exploited The animals they saw as pests or plentiful meat They saw they could PROFIT from the land They used it, they beat it down, They burned, blasted and built on it They raped it And in two hundred years and more They have no more dignity now than then Their greedy eyes are still on fire Exploiting any natural thing and bending it to their will To profit from its death Having no soul now to lose they justify every disrespectful act as a another part of glorious Amerika The killers see themselves as saints The stupid see themselves as smart The sleazy see themselves as spiritual The barbarians see themselves as civilized The unlearned see themselves as teachers The bringers of violence see themselves as peacemakers The perpetrators of terror see themselves as victims The horror of their ignorance is complete American Savages [This message has been edited by allan (edited 11-09-2001).] |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
But surely, surely, you speak of the minority. Joyce |
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allan Senior Member
since 2000-04-09
Posts 620On the road |
1) I think it would take a little more than a minority to almost annihilate the native americans. Nowadays it would be called its rightful name: genocide. 2) But I agree that it is NOW a minority - the majority have too much to lose by being violent in that way. But if there was ever a threat of losing all their posessions and wealth they would strike out with utmost cruelty as before. 3) When civilization and conservation came to the US and Europe it was to preserve a pile already made. An effort to kind of tell the poor they should be civilized too and keep their thieving hands off (or else). 4) But the minority you speak of are IN POWER. (Always. They see to that.) |
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