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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:55 PM Original message |
What if the colonists had not committed genocide and stole land? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Iroquios Confederacy would have been considered the |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's a pretty theory, but it's a fairy tale. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Why do you think I said the Iroquois, didn't say all Indian Tribes... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The Iriquois Federation wasn't democratic. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Democratic Traditions... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 08:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. You are clearly not familiar |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. You are arguing that all New England tribes were identical? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I said I wouldn't respond to flames, but I'll |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. That wasnt a flame. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. For fun |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 11:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. My, aren't we in a snit... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 08:04 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Of course the Abenaki |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. If your tribe was wiped out, how do you have ancestory linked back to the |
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LoganW (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
62. They were not saints |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd still be in Africa? |
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TheModernTerrorist (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Europe tried that... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. yes, europe had a colonial interest |
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TheModernTerrorist (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. well... |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is rather a pleasant thought though.. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not much different as we would still be living under king's rule. n/t |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. kick |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. We'd probably still be following the buffalo. |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I mean in the modern world of today... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Not necessarily. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You're pretty much right, though |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Jackson was the guy who started "The trail of tears", wasn't he? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's not Jackson, MIss's fault |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Jacksonville, Florida |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Jeez, I didn't know that one |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Clintonville! That's cool |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Hey, we have a town with that name here in Connecticut |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Vandals,and .Gauls invade Rome |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Little-Shrub-who-Lies-and-Cheats" would still have been elected |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. i don't think so.... |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. I was being a bit tongue in cheek. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. But the makeup on the reporters would be more interesting, |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. That's funny |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Hey, thanks a bunch for a rational, |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. The peace pipe is a good example of a better cultural bent |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Why, thank you. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Perhaps, we would have become an even more evolved democracy. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I had actually thought we were on that way to doing that |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh, and by the way, |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Actually you are making excuses. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Nope. Responded to one flame, and that's it. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. That also wasnt a flame. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Here is the problem: do we carry the baggage of the past or resolve,... |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Indeed, you cant improve the past, only the future. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Guilt may not be "inherited",...but it is handed down. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. The the Spanish, French and English would have. NT |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. You're right, but all three were different... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. True. My intention was to puncture the balloons of the dreamers. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. That is why it is a hypothetical situation. |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. I think I don't understand the question. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Now THAT's an excellent question. |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. You're welcome |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. A defined border and a shared government. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. And a trumped up patriotic sense |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. "shared government"? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. It means that there is one government shared by the people in a given area |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. It'd be like Africa |
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RBHam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. Karma... |
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LoganW (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
61. Hmmm |
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