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Old 07-15-2003, 04:12 PM   #6
Rokenn
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Join Date: January 22, 2002
Location: california wine country
Age: 61
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Originally posted by Ar-Cunin:
And giving them a tax-exemption makes it alright? Or does it just make everyone feel better?
It's a start. If you truly wanted to repay them for atrocities like the Trail of Tears you would kick all the emigrants off their land and give it back to them as a true sovereign nation. Forgoing that the government balances the issues as best they can.

If you want a fuller sampling of the horrors visited on the Native population during the ethnic cleansing of north america try reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West and try not to weep.

[ 07-15-2003, 04:14 PM: Message edited by: Rokenn ]
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