tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post1660741758370148196..comments2023-04-08T09:50:15.676-04:00Comments on MoonRaven's Social Alchemy Blog: USH3: Finding a New WorldMoonRavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010194761440202586noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-83324758883178356702009-01-19T20:10:00.000-05:002009-01-19T20:10:00.000-05:00Oh I would say our French/British and then Canadia...Oh I would say our French/British and then Canadian governments worked pretty hard to destroy it here too. I think it has happened everywhere once continental populations grew to a certain point (those populations then needing to spread elsewhere)...and it still happens. This is why I so admire Mark Davis and his quest to have us leave aboriginal populations THE HELL ALONE.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354640729644229842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-69598315420899761862009-01-19T14:07:00.000-05:002009-01-19T14:07:00.000-05:00A diversity our governments--mine at least--worked...A diversity our governments--mine at least--worked hard to destroy.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder of what was here once.MoonRavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010194761440202586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-17150376121510816322009-01-18T17:15:00.000-05:002009-01-18T17:15:00.000-05:00I have read some expedition journals from the earl...I have read some expedition journals from the early colonial times and it is truly amazing, the diversity that existed in the aboriginal population in North America.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354640729644229842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-54522699615049027002009-01-11T11:53:00.000-05:002009-01-11T11:53:00.000-05:00Thanks for your thoughtful comments. Your fifth-g...Thanks for your thoughtful comments. Your fifth-grade classmate was quite smart.<BR/><BR/>I liked your thought about a government asking rather than grabbing. Unfortunately, when I read the news, I still see governments (including ours) grabbing.<BR/><BR/>Maybe they will teach history differently in school some day. Maybe.MoonRavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010194761440202586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-76860829470674433372009-01-10T22:40:00.000-05:002009-01-10T22:40:00.000-05:00I love that quote by Powhatan. I wish he'd have b...I love that quote by Powhatan. I wish he'd have been listened to, though I know that would have made my life and many others completely different. I'd still like to see what happens when a government decides to ask rather than grab.<BR/><BR/>I remember a very kind and sensitive boy in my fifth grade class raising his hand and saying, "But the Indians were in America already, so *they* must have discovered it first!" Oh, how our teacher hemmed and hawed! I found it amusing to watch her in class. I ruminated on his comment for weeks afterwards. He was so right, and nobody seemed to see that.<BR/><BR/>Columbus was an asshole. I could say it more elegantly, but damn it, I'm not in school anymore, and I don't have to.<BR/><BR/>I wish someone would say that in school, though. I wish a lot of things.<BR/><BR/>Excellent post.CrackerLilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176388186521154104noreply@blogger.com