http://www.reticulator.com/2009/04/28/forcing-them-to-take-the-money/ Everything is connected to everything Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.reticulator.com/2009/04/28/forcing-them-to-take-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 Reticulator Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:39:11 +0000 http://www.reticulator.com/2009/04/28/forcing-them-to-take-the-money/#comment-1070 Hi, Justin. Thanks for commenting. I hope you'll continue to hear me out on these points of similarity, because I have lots more points of comparison to make. Throughout human history there have been many cases of one culture conquering another one and/or pushing it aside, and it wasn't done in a new and unique way each time. Humans tend to do the same nasty things to each other over and over again. But as you point out, there are also points of difference in these affairs. It's good to understand both. Hi, Justin. Thanks for commenting. I hope you’ll continue to hear me out on these points of similarity, because I have lots more points of comparison to make. Throughout human history there have been many cases of one culture conquering another one and/or pushing it aside, and it wasn’t done in a new and unique way each time. Humans tend to do the same nasty things to each other over and over again. But as you point out, there are also points of difference in these affairs. It’s good to understand both.

]]> http://www.reticulator.com/2009/04/28/forcing-them-to-take-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Justin Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:16:03 +0000 http://www.reticulator.com/2009/04/28/forcing-them-to-take-the-money/#comment-1069 I think to compare the crooked dealings the U.S. government had with the Potawatomi to our present state of affairs is not only ludicrious but marginalizes the genecide purpitrated on native people throughout North America. The Potawatomi signed over 40 treaties with the US government, a couple with France and also England. The glaring difference here was the money was just a cover up for what was really wanted and that was to get the indian out of the way of "progress". If the bank of America officials refused to take bailout out money were they corralled like cattle at gun point and marched thousands of miles from their homes. Hardly stopping long enough to bury those members of their family along the way. I think not. Were they forced to start life over in a different place completely foreign to them. Yes some of my relatives were on this trail of death. The Potawatomi tribe is one of perhaps the most treatied tribes in US history. Why you might ask the question? Because they were a valuable alley early on and later because the government wanted what they had. The US government didnt live up to one treaty obliglation. Perhaps the only thing that they did which they agreed was this. They agreed to take the land from the Potawatomi and they certainly took it. I think to compare the crooked dealings the U.S. government had with the Potawatomi to our present state of affairs is not only ludicrious but marginalizes the genecide purpitrated on native people throughout North America. The Potawatomi signed over 40 treaties with the US government, a couple with France and also England. The glaring difference here was the money was just a cover up for what was really wanted and that was to get the indian out of the way of “progress”. If the bank of America officials refused to take bailout out money were they corralled like cattle at gun point and marched thousands of miles from their homes. Hardly stopping long enough to bury those members of their family along the way. I think not. Were they forced to start life over in a different place completely foreign to them. Yes some of my relatives were on this trail of death. The Potawatomi tribe is one of perhaps the most treatied tribes in US history. Why you might ask the question? Because they were a valuable alley early on and later because the government wanted what they had. The US government didnt live up to one treaty obliglation. Perhaps the only thing that they did which they agreed was this. They agreed to take the land from the Potawatomi and they certainly took it.

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