> Hi folks,
>
> Some body wrote stuff (sorry- this is a bit too silly to go chasing
> and retracing threads over--- yeah yeah yeah, so flame me- but be
> gentle- Lets go for the George Hamilton tan tone):
>
> > << JC, have you explored native "American" history fully?
>
> Major case of taking ourselves too seriously here!!
>
> I've been a historian for decades, and have taught history enough to
> guarantee that the more you study history- the more perspectives --i.e.
> points of view, you will get.
>
> Here is an example of what I'm saying here;
>
> What_Did_You_Do_Yesterday?
>
> Okay, now the truth- not just your truth about what you did yesterday,
> but someone else's too- could be from the point of view of a friend, or
> a family member, or employer, or cop, or your kid, or your dog.
>
> Pick a perspective, and its different from yours- and may even be true.
> Call it a Full_Study_ Of _The_history_Of_Your_Yesterday; told by folks
> who were there and would know.
>
> Is there any agreement on the truth held by several, about something all
> ya'll concerned know? No no no! (proclaims my pedantic self.)
>
> Okay, now lets have a Full Study of the history of anything that
> happened from a time when the witnesses to the times and facts Are Dead!
>
> And lets go for the truth. -----Anybody seeing the holes in this net? I
> knew you would! (Gods help me before I get carried away and start
> taking this teaching jazz seriously- O-kay- no real chance of that! <g>)
>
>
>
>
> > From what I gather from this post, you have not. Well, my friend,
> > most "NAs"
>
> Are you referring to those members of Narcotics Anonymous? I guess not.
>
>
>
> > were not violent unless they felt threatened >>
>
> Perhaps you were referring to non-functioning androids. Okay- of course
> I know what you meant, but your point is as racist as it was when Jean
> Jacques Rousseau -one of the most eloquent writers of the Age of
> Enlightenment - (ever to place his head deep in his anal orifice)
> referred to Native Americans as the Noble Savage- thereby seperating
> those of whom he wrote from "real people". Even with good intent- like
> "boy, them Darkies sure have rhythm"; good intent that leads to racism
> still stinks bad.
>
> Folks are and have always been folks. And sometimes they do better than
> other times. And "NA"s (assuming you mean to include all those from the
> far northern lands of Canada- or the Aztecs, Mayans, Zapotecs, Olmecs
> etc. of mezo-america- or Hawaiians, or the indigenous folks of Guam, or
> the NA's of Tierra del Fuego, et al) are folks. WE- Folks- have
> generally done what seemed to us to be a good idea at the time- and
> generally- somebody else thought our action was/ is
> unjustified/unjustifiable.
>
> We all feel threatened all the time (almost). Its in our blood- and in
> our race- the human race! Just check out the thread on our love life
> and you'll need go no further to see my point.So yeah, NAs were/are only
> violent when they think its a good idea. So is everyone else---- ain't
> nobody here but us belly-buttons.
>
> Sailor wrote with customary wisdom:
>
> > isn't this the rational the is used to justify all wars?
> >
>
> <snip>
>
> > -i guess they felt
> > threatened----------------------s
>
>
> Right arm right arm! and very strong HO!
> So lets all try to be sweet- and realize that we may not always appear
> so- but the attempt is a step toward not appearing threatening.
>
> Lovin' ya'll!
>
> "bob"
>
>
Well is saying that you had an enjoyable way to talk about
unenjoyable things, a sweet and less threatenning thing to say ?
Thank you, Bob
Kriss