Comments on: Couldn’t Help But Notice (091907) http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/09/19/couldnt-help-but-notice-091907/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:20:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/09/19/couldnt-help-but-notice-091907/#comment-116856 TBlumer Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:45:33 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/09/19/couldnt-help-but-notice-091907/#comment-116856 #2, as "unofficial" policy, it didn't work very well, as we have 2.5 million "Native Americans" plus 1.6 million "in combination," according to Wiki. IOW, exterminating the Indian race, which is what have to have been to qualify as genocide, was never anyone's policy, official or unofficial. Subduing and eliminating hostilities was. This isn't excusing the land-grabbing and other legitimate issues. Just don't insult my intelligence by calling it genocide. #2, as “unofficial” policy, it didn’t work very well, as we have 2.5 million “Native Americans” plus 1.6 million “in combination,” according to Wiki.

IOW, exterminating the Indian race, which is what have to have been to qualify as genocide, was never anyone’s policy, official or unofficial. Subduing and eliminating hostilities was. This isn’t excusing the land-grabbing and other legitimate issues. Just don’t insult my intelligence by calling it genocide.

]]> By: Peter http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/09/19/couldnt-help-but-notice-091907/#comment-116854 Peter Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:33:20 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/09/19/couldnt-help-but-notice-091907/#comment-116854 The Medved piece is very interesting... genocide is a very strong word. I would agree, the first English colonists did not cause genocide among the Native Americans, only later did that become an "unofficial" U.S. policy. <a href="http://www.bauuinstitute.com/Publishing/NewEnglandNative.html" rel="nofollow">A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England</a> explains this beautifully, and it is full of interesting first hand accounts by colonists of how they actually were very amazed at the Native American's they encountered. Stone Age societies? Not at all. The Medved piece is very interesting… genocide is a very strong word. I would agree, the first English colonists did not cause genocide among the Native Americans, only later did that become an “unofficial” U.S. policy. A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England explains this beautifully, and it is full of interesting first hand accounts by colonists of how they actually were very amazed at the Native American’s they encountered. Stone Age societies? Not at all.

]]> By: largebill http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/09/19/couldnt-help-but-notice-091907/#comment-116846 largebill Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:05:15 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/09/19/couldnt-help-but-notice-091907/#comment-116846 The interesting part of the Murtha tape is him repeatedly asking the interviewer "Is the trial over?" The interviewer should then have asked Murtha whether the trial was over when he declared them guilty of cold blooded murder. Every voter in his district should be asked if the bs earmarks are worth being represented by such a reprobate. The interesting part of the Murtha tape is him repeatedly asking the interviewer “Is the trial over?” The interviewer should then have asked Murtha whether the trial was over when he declared them guilty of cold blooded murder. Every voter in his district should be asked if the bs earmarks are worth being represented by such a reprobate.

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