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Chief Joseph's speech

mardi 28 novembre 2017 à 01:00

Chief Joseph's surrender speech was probably fabricated by the man who claimed to have written it down. Likewise many other famous quotes attributed to indigenous people in what is now the USA.

It should be noted that indigenous tribes did not live in general peace with each other or have a system of generally recognized land rights. It was common for tribes to fight other tribes and take land from them.

By present-day standards, what they did to each other was wrong, and it was wrong again when the European colonists did it to them.

These standards were brought by the colonists, who made treaties with various tribes, then upheld the treaties in a one-sided way (only when that advantaged the colonists). We can judge those colonists for their cheating, but it is a mistake to project present day-standards back to people of the past in an anachronistic way.

Leveraged buyouts

mardi 28 novembre 2017 à 01:00

Leveraged buyouts are looting many US retail companies, which leads to closing of stores and loss of employment.

I view this with concern because I don't do e-commerce (it does not respect privacy).

Right whale decline

mardi 28 novembre 2017 à 01:00

The North Atlantic right whale was recovering in population due to protection from whaling, but now new fishing methods are killing them and the population is declining again.

Viewing pornography

mardi 28 novembre 2017 à 01:00

Aren't we mature enough to stop punishing people for viewing pornography?

'Iron fist' response

mardi 28 novembre 2017 à 01:00

The "Iron Fist" Response to Terror Attacks in Egypt Never Works.