(November 6, 2015 at 5:34 pm)abaris Wrote:(November 6, 2015 at 5:31 pm)paulpablo Wrote: This implies that all there is to compare European colonization to is tribal "disputes" The difference between tribal war and European war at that time would have been the technology.
No, it isn't. For just one example look up selling contaminated blankets to naives. There are many more, but I'm always pretty tired when I see apologetics. So, go, do your own research. Or don't. It's not as if I would really care.
On second thought, you might also look up what Columbus' bunch used dogs for. According to the accounts of some cleric being in his company.
I imagine they thought the blankets would indirectly kill the natives, and I'm guessing he used the dogs for killing? The same objective as there would be in a tribal war, or a raid, to kill people and steal stuff.
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