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Lets all just look at some pictures: http://www.mexica-movement.org/granmarcha.htm | ||
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| Slaying Bad Memes | Re: A Warning To Americans Quote:
This is just MY opinion, but I think that if a "people" were kicked out of a territory, they have a right to complain about it for just three (3) generations. If the grandkids of the original tennants can't reclaim grandad's farm, by legal means or by force of arms, then it's history. The wheel of History grinds very slowly, but it grinds very fine. ---------------- Hypography Forums Moderator -- - - - - - What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are. Epictetus, Greek Philosopher The map is NOT the territory. Korzybski, Polish-American Philosopher | ||
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| Rockin' | Re: A Warning To Americans In other words, people treat other people badly, have been doing so since the beginning of time, and will do so until the end? Sound about right. Do especially egregious "colonizations" merit an extension, perchance? TFS ---------------- There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots. | |
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| Slaying Bad Memes | Re: A Warning To Americans Quote:
Let me correct myself. I did not mean that since it has always happened that we should allow it to always happen. Nor that it was (or will be) morally okay or even neutral for it to happen. Mostly, I just wanted to point out that the European takeover of N.America was NOT an isolated, unique, morally singular event. Any more than lions and tigers killing cute fuzzy baby ungulates is gross and disturbing. As we evolve, legally, morally and politically, it shall (and should!) become more and more reprehensible and less and less possible for one group of people to steal someone else's land. Eventually (soon?) the boundaries between nations should become static and permanent. Later on, they may even become irrelevant. When we are children, we do some horrible things before we grow up and learn better. I hope the same can be said for cultures. ---------------- Hypography Forums Moderator -- - - - - - What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are. Epictetus, Greek Philosopher The map is NOT the territory. Korzybski, Polish-American Philosopher | ||
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| Questioning | Re: A Warning To Americans This is being discussed as though it's an isolated element and not just as much a part of the happenings as what's going down on Capitol Hill, or in British Parliament for that matter. The constantly referenced 'balance' applies to all things. Economics, politics, physical and social evolution, warfare, religion, education, medicine, and so on into infinity. Welcome to existence! It's a wild ride! I'm so glad we're capable of this sort of introspection that it overwhelms any uncertainty brought about by debates of this nature. Quote:
If we coiled Darwin, and did it up with a few magnets and brushes we could supply electricity to all of New Your City with the power he'd generate whirling underground. Kudos, gentlemen! With every debate (every thought!) we're edging one step closer to the next level of understanding and universal compassion. Social, political and economic evolution does not just parallel physical evolution, but they are in fact the same entity. I embrace change and the challenges of adaptation. I'm 2/3 German and 1/3 Irish. Is it being implied that I should be hacked into thirds and shipped to my respective homelands? No one is illegal. Every outcome is inevitable. Quote:
![]() I'm not suggesting that we should all be passive, but we should be aware and accepting, and take these things into account when we make decisions. ---------------- bop Last edited by ingannilo; 04-03-2006 at 12:37 PM. | |||
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