Dear Friends: "Let's get things back into perspective here!"
I have spent the past few months denouncing, lambasting, castigating, censuring,
flogging, scolding, attacking, and just plain giving the 'Right Wing' a good shellacking ....., so it stands to reason that I should get the Left Wing a little upset too! After all, we do strive to put things into "Perspective!"
flogging, scolding, attacking, and just plain giving the 'Right Wing' a good shellacking ....., so it stands to reason that I should get the Left Wing a little upset too! After all, we do strive to put things into "Perspective!"
This was published in a few newspapers out in B.C. and is sure to piss of the Indians, as well as the Politically Correct Crowd, but there is enough truth in these claims to preclude any suggestion of racism or even hate speech! (And please don't send any letters because first of all my mother told me you can never get into trouble for telling the truth ....., and they will fall on deaf ears!)
Anyway, while I don't agree with some parts of this letter, we will at least repeat it here in its original form.
First Nations: An interesting perspective.
This was printed in a Nanaimo, B.C. newspaper last week, and as
you can imagine, it had all the natives out banging their drums and whooping,
but you know what.. if the shoe fits!!! .
THE SO-CALLED "FIRST NATIONS" ....
-Never "discovered" the wheel
-Never had a written language
-Never discovered astronomy
-Had no science or scientific discoveries
-Had no mathematics
-Made no medical discoveries
-Never had written music
-Only "figured out" a drum and a rattle for musical instruments
-Had no metallurgy
-Had no sails for boats (only had canoes and dugout trees for their thousands of years)
-Created no mechanical devices
-Possessed almost nothing that required labour over a period of time, ie: building with or carving out of stone
-Made almost no inventions
-Are just in the last 200 years getting caught up to most of the rest of the world
-Never "discovered" the wheel
-Never had a written language
-Never discovered astronomy
-Had no science or scientific discoveries
-Had no mathematics
-Made no medical discoveries
-Never had written music
-Only "figured out" a drum and a rattle for musical instruments
-Had no metallurgy
-Had no sails for boats (only had canoes and dugout trees for their thousands of years)
-Created no mechanical devices
-Possessed almost nothing that required labour over a period of time, ie: building with or carving out of stone
-Made almost no inventions
-Are just in the last 200 years getting caught up to most of the rest of the world
Think where an equal number of Chinese would be today; given only 10 years of the advantages Canadian Indians have---no taxes on any money you earn, while living on a reserve-free dental-free university, etc. BTW that hunger striking chief and her husband, were paid $270,000.00 by the band last year.
Comments
from a reader in the Globe and Mai:. It's a short history lesson on natives...
This land does NOT belong to them! Why do some people keep saying that it does? Is it because that's what they want you to believe? Well then the marketing campaign must be working.
Let's get this straight.
1. These people's ancestors did not just appear in North America, magically out of thin air one day 15 - 20,000 years ago. They came in waves across the land/ice bridge from Asia. What's more, these waves, in many cases, were not related groups of people. They came from various places around North Eastern Asia and were from different genetic strains..in other words the "natives of North America" are not a homogeneous group of people and more importantly...They are immigrants too. like millions of immigrants today.
2. The idea that the "natives" were peaceful caretakers of the land or benevolent tenants couldn't be further from the truth. The various tribes warred on each other constantly. They were violent. Want proof? Ask the Hurons or the Neutrals...oh that's right you can't. The Iroquois wiped them out.
How about slavery that was rife among the first nation tribes until the Europeans came over and freed the slaves and put an end to this "valued cultural tradition". Is slavery peaceful and humane?.
3. The idea that we "stole" this land from them is also ridiculous. A more
technologically advanced and numerous cultures invaded and conquered. This is
exactly what has been happening since the dawn of humanity all around the globe. To say we "stole" their lands is just plain wrong. That is akin to saying the Saxons should return England to the Anglos. Or maybe we should launch a campaign to have the Roman descendants give Italy back to the Etruscans. It is a nonsensical notion driven by the politically correct bleeding hearts, some intellectually deficient politicians, the Government, and it will continue to cost this country needless and wasted billions and billions until we get some backbone and turn off the taps.
Are these people in trouble? Yes. Do they need help? Yes!
This land does NOT belong to them! Why do some people keep saying that it does? Is it because that's what they want you to believe? Well then the marketing campaign must be working.
Let's get this straight.
1. These people's ancestors did not just appear in North America, magically out of thin air one day 15 - 20,000 years ago. They came in waves across the land/ice bridge from Asia. What's more, these waves, in many cases, were not related groups of people. They came from various places around North Eastern Asia and were from different genetic strains..in other words the "natives of North America" are not a homogeneous group of people and more importantly...They are immigrants too. like millions of immigrants today.
2. The idea that the "natives" were peaceful caretakers of the land or benevolent tenants couldn't be further from the truth. The various tribes warred on each other constantly. They were violent. Want proof? Ask the Hurons or the Neutrals...oh that's right you can't. The Iroquois wiped them out.
How about slavery that was rife among the first nation tribes until the Europeans came over and freed the slaves and put an end to this "valued cultural tradition". Is slavery peaceful and humane?.
3. The idea that we "stole" this land from them is also ridiculous. A more
technologically advanced and numerous cultures invaded and conquered. This is
exactly what has been happening since the dawn of humanity all around the globe. To say we "stole" their lands is just plain wrong. That is akin to saying the Saxons should return England to the Anglos. Or maybe we should launch a campaign to have the Roman descendants give Italy back to the Etruscans. It is a nonsensical notion driven by the politically correct bleeding hearts, some intellectually deficient politicians, the Government, and it will continue to cost this country needless and wasted billions and billions until we get some backbone and turn off the taps.
Are these people in trouble? Yes. Do they need help? Yes!
Are they responsible enough to look after themselves and efficiently spend the billions the tax payers give them? In a lot of cases, certainly not!
The only way to fix this situation is to bring them into society as equals.They should be getting jobs and paying taxes like the rest of us because in reality, they are no more special than any of the other hundred or more cultures that call Canada home.
Turn off the taps. Do away with this "traditional use" and "cultural" nonsense. Educate their children to become modern citizens ,instead of finding their identity and source of pride in some folks who occupied the land 12000 years ago. Let them stand or fall on their own account. Just like the rest of us have to do!
DO YOU HAVE A MIND OPEN ENOUGH TO PASS THIS ON TO A FEW OF YOUR CONTACTS??
PLEASE DO! -- or delete, your choice.
The only way to fix this situation is to bring them into society as equals.They should be getting jobs and paying taxes like the rest of us because in reality, they are no more special than any of the other hundred or more cultures that call Canada home.
Turn off the taps. Do away with this "traditional use" and "cultural" nonsense. Educate their children to become modern citizens ,instead of finding their identity and source of pride in some folks who occupied the land 12000 years ago. Let them stand or fall on their own account. Just like the rest of us have to do!
DO YOU HAVE A MIND OPEN ENOUGH TO PASS THIS ON TO A FEW OF YOUR CONTACTS??
PLEASE DO! -- or delete, your choice.
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