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Why aren't the Indians more grateful?

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Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
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RE: Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 12:11 am
Quote: Indian Chief "Two Eagles" was asked by a white U.S. government official, 'You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done."
The Chief nodded in agreement.
The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion where did the white man go wrong?"
The Chief stared at the government official then replied, "When white man find land, Indians runnning it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water, women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex."
Then the Chief leaned back and smiled, "Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve a system like that."
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Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 12:27 am
(February 25, 2017 at 12:11 am)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote: Indian Chief "Two Eagles" was asked by a white U.S. government official, 'You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done."
The Chief nodded in agreement.
The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion where did the white man go wrong?"
The Chief stared at the government official then replied, "When white man find land, Indians runnning it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water, women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex."
Then the Chief leaned back and smiled, "Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve a system like that."


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RE: Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 12:30 am
Hey, OP. You kind of missed this area of the forum, dintcha?
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RE: Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 12:37 am
(February 24, 2017 at 11:21 pm)ThortheMighty Wrote: Look at America today and look at all the wonders that go with it. The Golden Gate Bridge. The Empire State building. Washington D.C.

Was this all possible without white men, without European settlers?

What were the Indians doing for years? Just hunting animals and pretty much doing nothing and never progressing. Thousands of years and not one city built.

Even though they got roughed up a little (Thats what you get for not doing a better job defending your land) they received unimaginable benefits. They could vote in elections... read books.

I just get so sick and tired of all this white guilt stuff. Why isn't there a white history month or some acknowledgement that the white race has done so much for the world?

Lol, I guess you've never heard of Tenochtitlan, or the Incas? I guess you didn't know that they were genocided, not just losing their land, but their way of life, in many ways their culture, and their history? (Your thread here attests to this last fact.) Calling that "roughed up" is intentional, I suspect, to mask the genocide that actually occurred, because such a genocide as theirs (90% of all Indian population by 1800 or so) is a deafening argument against your paltry martyrdom.

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RE: Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 12:38 am
I'm sure pretty buildings and books made them feel so much better.
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Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 12:56 am
(February 24, 2017 at 11:58 pm)Orochi Wrote: You directly benefited from there suffering

Who is this directed at?
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RE: Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 1:08 am (This post was last modified: February 25, 2017 at 1:08 am by ignoramus.)
Hey OP, the chief wants your belongings as payback for what your forefathers did!
What's that? You want me to tell him to go and get stuffed? How rude and inconsiderate!
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RE: Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 1:22 am
Obvious troll is obvious.
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RE: Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 1:56 am
Responses in this thread are like expecting payment from Donald Trump after you did work for him... it's just futile.
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RE: Why aren't the Indians more grateful?
February 25, 2017 at 3:02 am
(February 25, 2017 at 1:56 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Responses in this thread are like expecting payment from Donald Trump after you did work for him... it's just futile.

Oh, I don't expect a cogent reply from him. I just want to make sure that there's a response on record.

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