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From: george@sysvis
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Subject: Re: Stick it in yer ear.
Message-ID: <-1988574@sysvis>
Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 14:12:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: sysvis.-1988574
Posted: Fri Sep 27 14:12:00 1985
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Nf-From: sysvis!george    Sep 27 13:12:00 1985


>>In article <502@decwrl.UUCP> black@pundit.DEC (DON BLACK) writes:
>>
>>     Somebody on the net tried to start a discussion recently about "what if
>>the US really were a Christian Nation?"  Originally, it was.
>
> The white Christian invaders, of whom Don Black is descended, proceeded
> to attempt cultural genocide on the Indians by converting them and,
> of course, by killing them (men, women, children) since they were only
> savages who would not accept Christ.  These same Christians stole the land
> that belonged (and still does, depending on your opinion) to these *true*
> americans, and enslaved the Indians on "reservations" to get them out of
> the way (by this time it was too late to just massacre them all).
>          Paul Shindman, U of T Computing Services, Toronto (416) 978-6878

Isn't this a `bit' self-righteous?  Just how did the Canadians "get rid of"
`their' Indians then?  The Mexicans?  etc.  Also, was not (the biblical) David
a `hero' of the Israelites because he `slew' Philistines, et al, better than
most others?  Can any tribe/nation/group on Earth cast the first stone?