I'm not endorsing the waves of genocide that occurred when the Europeans colonized the Americas, but your little tirade fails to recognize that the Mesoamerican civilizations regularly fought and slaughtered each other, as did the Europeans internally, as did the civilizations of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
If the Incas had had the military and technical capacity to wipe out Pizarro's army, I have no doubt they would have done it. They might have then sailed to Europe and conquered those nations. But they didn't, because they didn't have gunpowder (a Chinese, not European, invention) or cannons, or rifles, or ocean-faring ships. But the Incas were a conquering people, not some noble peace-loving perfectionist society. I hate that sort of historical revisionism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca On 5/4/06, Vivec wrote: > > Look, that way of thinking is utter and complete BS. > > There were far greater and more advanced civilisations than Europe > existing in South America . They were destroyed by the Conquistadors > and their ilk, using this same thinking. > > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206204 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
