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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?
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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 ]