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[stevieray]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

And maybe Christians shouldn't have murdered 20 million Native Americans because they were "godless barbarians".

they were murdering each other before the colonists arrived...and some hooked up with said colonists to kill other tribes.

besides, that doesn't invalidate terrorists acts committed by Muslims, just like yelling allah akbar before going on a shooting rampage at Ft Hood doesn't constitute workplace violence.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by stevieray

they were murdering each other before the colonists arrived...and some hooked up with said colonists to kill other tribes.

besides, that doesn't invalidate terrorists acts committed by Muslims, just like yelling allah akbar before going on a shooting rampage at Ft Hood doesn't constitute workplace violence.

Yes.

Good thing we wiped them all out. They were already doing it before we got here!

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Yes.

Good thing we wiped them all out. They were already doing it before we got here!

I think it's funny when people try to apply todays standards to life over two centuries ago.

[Messier]

Originally Posted by stevieray

I think it's funny when people try to apply todays standards to life over two centuries ago.

Me too. It'd be like trying to take passages out of a book written about people and events that happened over 2000 years ago, and somehow make them applicable to today's world.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by stevieray

they were murdering each other before the colonists arrived...and some hooked up with said colonists to kill other tribes.

This is akin to claiming that the Japanese dynasties, the Chinese dynasties, the Russian Czars, the English, French, Spanish and Romans killed each other, too.

Originally Posted by stevieray

besides, that doesn't invalidate terrorists acts committed by Muslims, just like yelling allah akbar before going on a shooting rampage at Ft Hood doesn't constitute workplace violence.

I'm not sure how you can compare one lone nut to the US Federal Government.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I'm not sure how you can compare one lone nut to the US Federal Government.

let's not pretend there weren't barbaric indian tribes.

I'm not sure how you can marginalize terrorists act committed in recent years by saying..'well, Christians in the 1700's did it too'

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by stevieray

let's not pretend there weren't barbaric indian tribes.

I'm not sure how you can marginalize terrorists act committed in recent years by saying..'well, Christians in the 1700's did it too'

Of course, you're right.

It's really difficult to address with a broadstroke.

Hope you and the family are well!

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Of course, you're right.

It's really difficult to address with a broadstroke.

Hope you and the family are well!

back atcha! ill be in touch.

[mcan]

Originally Posted by stevieray

let's not pretend there weren't barbaric indian tribes.

I'm not sure how you can marginalize terrorists act committed in recent years by saying..'well, Christians in the 1700's did it too'

We really don't know how "Barbaric" those tribes were before we got here. It's likely that they were much less. There is some speculation that when Europeans showed up and brought their diseases with them, that the viruses spread inland faster than civilization did. So, many tribes in the middle of the country went from flourishing to almost completely decimated even BEFORE they ever saw a white person. This is not unlike European culture right after the first plague. Many of the people who survived the late 1300s... Well, they didn't become friendlier.