[CTRL] Indians vs. the cavalry once more

2002-04-08 Thread Euphorian
-Caveat Lector- So, ladies and gentlemen, this is an example of *why* the Israeli-Palestinian issue is so popular with the Eastern elites (Ee_s). In a very similar fashion, the Ee_s, those who pontificate on the fates of the lesser advantaged, especially those who have been indigenous to their

[CTRL] Indians Teach Blair Cricket

2002-01-05 Thread Euphorian
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,628386,00.html }}}Begin Angry India rebukes peacemaker Blair Handshake of 'peace' fails Nicholas Watt, Bangalore Sunday January 6, 2002 The Observer Tony Blair suffered a rare public rebuke yesterday when a leading

[CTRL] Indians, Slaves, Paupers etc.

2000-12-29 Thread Johannes Schmidt III
-Caveat Lector- Looking at the Articles of Confederation, the 'first' US Constitution, we find a telling sentence. http://search.britannica.com/frm_redir.jsp?query=articles+of+confederationredir=http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/texts/confeder.htm ...the free inhabitants of each of these

[CTRL] Indians

1999-01-07 Thread Hawk
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They were also stupid enough not to realize the value of personal ownership of wealth, and the productive power of capitalism... After all, that's why they were living in tents and barely

[CTRL] Indians

1999-01-07 Thread Hawk
-Caveat Lector- YnrChyldzWyld wrote: Now you're changing your tune...your initial objection was that all Indians just got by with foraging and gathering, I made the mistake of generalizing.. Hell, I'm sure SOME Indian, somewhere, was probably a real estate agent. and didn't farm...when

Re: [CTRL] Indians

1999-01-07 Thread Agent Smiley
-Caveat Lector- but they just should have understood that grabbing the most of everything is the mark of true civilization. Maybe they were smarter than that, but dumb enough not to understand that producing wealth is preferable to plundering and scavaging. Wealth is not

Re: [CTRL] Indians

1999-01-07 Thread Hawk
-Caveat Lector- Agent Smiley wrote: --- So what of the fact that they avoided excess? Are you championing waste? If what I am "wasting" belongs to me, I champion my right to do so. What you do with your stuff, or what the Indians

Re: [CTRL] Indians

1999-01-07 Thread Hawk
-Caveat Lector- Agent Smiley wrote: -Caveat Lector- Wealth is not produced but is harnessed from what belongs to everyone. Not so... Wealth is produced by the manipulation of things that are (usually) unsuable in their raw condition, and making something that is beneficial or desirable of

Re: [CTRL] Indians

1999-01-07 Thread YnrChyldzWyld
-Caveat Lector- On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Hawk wrote: Nothing... I responded to it in reference to "What the Europeans found in terms of Indians and their life-style in North America..." I might have been as sarcastic as you (which is an indication of poor character) by asking what the Incas had to