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Originally Posted by knox
well i think i numbers the spanish have killed more natives than anyone else in the world, sorry brits.
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no my friend, that was disease, which though brought by the Spanish, was a natural disaster, not a genocide.
And apples for oranges aside, how do the guilt of one person exonerate the guilt of another? So what if the Spanish killed Indians? Does that somehow justify the Americans pursuing a viscous policy of OPEN GENOCIDE AND
EXTERPITATION across the country from 1600s to the 1890s? So what if Africans sold their own brethren into slavery. Does that vindicate the Europeans and Americans for their EVIL participation and exponential expansion of that bullshit?
The problem with America, is that UNLIKE Europeans we are unwilling to take responsibility and own up to our history. ALL Americans are guilty of this, ALL of AMERICA is built upon this, why not call it as it is? Why hide the truth behind excuses and good intentions? We are not all bad people simply because our ancestors fucked up, but we WILL BECOME and continue to be bad people if we do not own up to their mistakes, honestly, respectfully, sincerely..