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im tired of people blaming the white man for all the world's problems. it's patently simplistic and discriminatory. even a white infant boy isnt innocent by this logic.

no racism. no cheating. no lying.

this racist anti-white attitude is absurd. the mistake europeans made was not enforcing divine law strictly enough in their colonies.

the british empire should have upheld divine law with an iron fist then she would still rule the waves. this is the moral dimension.

I just feel compelled to point out that this thread has somehow managed to attain an impressive level of crazy without a single squirrel picture. Good work Subsim. I thought it was just the squirrels...

I also note that, save for the original post, MH, and a brief exchange between me and Vienna, nothing in this thread has revealed any interest, let alone understanding, of anything about Israeli voters or politics - but lots of interest in people's pet peeves and weird obsessions (or should I say Obamasessions?)

I miss Tak and his squirrel-based warning policy.

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Originally Posted by corporalspiffy (Post 2299175)

i dont get why people have this romanticized notion about the american native at once acknowledging that they brutally massacred victims on alters in central america and on the other hand demonizing "the white man" (men in particular) as the scourge of the world even though the whole world has accepted european innovation and benefited from it. (sanitation, medicine, nutrition etc)

i guess it's the power of the media with movies like "Dances with Wolves" and "Django" etc etc etc ...

the american natives are not victims of "white encroachment". history unfolds and we as individuals are just small players on its stage. whatever events we find ourselves caught up in they are not of our choosing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_codices#cite_note-3

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There were many books in existence at the time of the Spanish conquest of Yucatán in the 16th century, however most were destroyed by the Conquistadors and catholic priests. In particular, many in Yucatán were ordered destroyed by Bishop Diego de Landa in July of 1562. De Landa wrote: "We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all, which they (the Maya) regretted to an amazing degree, and which caused them much affliction."

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Our knowledge of ancient Maya thought must represent only a tiny fraction of the whole picture, for of the thousands of books in which the full extent of their learning and ritual was recorded, only four have survived to modern times (as though all that posterity knew of ourselves were to be based upon three prayer books and Pilgrim's Progress). —Michael D. Coe

Only 4 Mayan codices survive.

When the artifacts and culture which arise from our shared human experience are destroyed, the world becomes a little poorer, a little duller, a little uglier. The burning of those priceless and irreplaceable Mayan works of art and literature is just as terrible as the mindless destruction wreaked by the human filth of the Taliban and ISIS, 5 centuries later. It's not OK to just write it off as collateral damage of the supposed tides of history.

Nothing can be done about the horrors of the past. But that doesn't mean that we just sweep it under the rug and pretend that it's no big deal. That attitude can lead to us repeat history, rather than heed its lessons.

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Originally Posted by corporalspiffy (Post 2299210)

the mistake europeans made was not enforcing divine law strictly enough in their colonies.

the british empire should have upheld divine law with an iron fist then she would still rule the waves. this is the moral dimension.

Seems to me there are people who are still trying to do this. I believe your country [and mine] are practically at war with them.

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2299229)

ALLAHU ACKBAR!!

Allah ahdak:haha:

The ignore list got a little longer. Very good invention.:yeah:

I toke a look at the result and maybe Bibi isn't popular if you look to the percentage 23.4 Meaning about 77 % didn't voted on Bibi.

I could see that his party got additional 12 seats and that must be a win.

Markus

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Originally Posted by MH (Post 2299231)

Allah ahdak:haha:

Allan Snackbar

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Originally Posted by CCIP (Post 2299212)

I also note that, save for the original post, MH, and a brief exchange between me and Vienna, nothing in this thread has revealed any interest, let alone understanding, of anything about Israeli voters or politics - but lots of interest in people's pet peeves and weird obsessions (or should I say Obamasessions?)

Indeed, but just let me say that the brief, deranged segues into US-Native American history have been an absolute delight. :D

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Dances-with-She-wolves.jpg

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Originally Posted by corporalspiffy (Post 2299023)

roman virtue was the strength of their enterprise and gave them victory over "savage" tribes.

Bull.

Patience, Dowly!

After all, it isn't humanity that holds that bs up:D

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Originally Posted by CCIP (Post 2299280)

Patience, Dowly!

After all, it isn't humanity that holds that bs up:D

Quite opposite,
I'ts bs that holds humanity up. If there would be a lack of of fresh manure, food supply would be halved and even the western world would suffer famines until the population would be reduced enough to an equilibrium. Until that would happpen, there would be riots and wars and great suffering.

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Originally Posted by CCIP (Post 2299212)

I'm resisting the urge to nominate this thread for thread of the year 2015 :D
This is clearly a candidate that'll hardly be surpassed in it's level of crazy.