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The Lakota have declared independence.
Perd Hapley:
Werewolf is at it again.
http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=4934.0
I wish there were an easy answer for this situation. Racial history blows.
AZRedhawk44:
--- Quote ---Eliminate reservations and force 'em to assimilate. In the long run thats what would be best for 'em.
Or...
Eliminate guns and force 'em to learn to be more aware of their surroundings so they can avoid trouble. In the long run thats what would be best for 'em.
Eliminate conservatism and force 'em to appreciate giving their money to the welfare system. In the long run thats what would be best for the country.
Eliminate online forums and force 'em to appreciate the newspapers already in existence. In the long run thats how they stay best informed of the issues of the day.
Werewolf, we gave them those reservations and the priviledge of leaving them whenever they want. The rez is their land, much like your home is your land. But hey, we can always say:
"Eliminate Werewolf's property rights to his current home and force him to move to a neighborhood with an HOA so he CAN'T keep spare cars and cattle on his land. It's unsightly and we need the land for a new shopping mall on the edge of town, and it will be better for him in the long run anyway."
(Not to cast aspersions on Werewolf as a redneck with rusting cars in his pasture, or deride anyone with cars out back beside the barn... just a lifestyle that is generally scorned that makes a good example.)
seeker_two:
OK.....let's give them Mexico....
De Selby:
Why is it that they don't have any right to declare independence?
And why is this so offensive?
This is their ancestral homeland, after all. They have connections to the land that we could only dream of, and they were here first. Their religion and culture are centered on this land. So why not let them have it?
Or do those things not establish a claim?
Perd Hapley:
--- Quote from: shootinstudent on December 20, 2007, 04:07:54 PM ---Or do those things not establish a claim?
Not especially. Is it really the land they lived on prior to white settlement? If so, who did they push out, so that they could live there? If they have a right to an independent state, then we'll have to move the whole global population around. Ain't nobody where their people started out, you know.
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