Your forgetting that very insignificant event called WORLD WAR TWO and the treaties and conventions that the world has since signed. Yes, in barbaric times we performed barbaric acts but it has NO relevance to today.
In C17th I could accuse someone of withcraft and have them burned at the stake because I KNEW that they were a witch - try doing that now and for some reason society will not accept your actions.
In the early C19th century, I would have had no problem owning slaves in Georgia - for some reason, it is banned now - why is that? Have we become more enlightened?
The native Americans were the effective owners of the North American continent until they were displaced, does that mean that they have a right to kick out all non-natives? Of course not, so don't quote the incorrect Jews were there first bit - that's a debatable part of history, since these claims arise before records began and are thus based upon belief rather than cold facts.
Personally, I have a religous book that proves that I am descended from the
Homo habilis man that came to the uninabited region from Africa before the jews or arabs and that therefore I am the rightful owner of all lands in the middle east. MY claims do, afterall, pre-date Jews and Arabs by approximately 1.7 million years - so I am clearly within my rights to claim my property back. Oh, and the book also goes on to describe how my ancestors evolved into
Mongoloids over the course of 1.7 million years and that when my people arrived in North America 17,000 years ago, there was no-one else there. Clearly then, I have the strongest claim for all of the lands of the North American continent too.
Hand over my land now! I want it all back!
[ 04-21-2004, 05:19 AM: Message edited by: Skunk ]