I see that it is Native American month, or something like that. Now I have a Cherokee ancestor so I am sympathetic, but let's reason a bit. We seem to be all bound up over what we think was done wrong in the past, although we weren't there. Let me say that again. WE WEREN'T THERE. Should we learn from the past? Absolutely! Just be careful what you learn. You are judging a situation that you know nothing about when you try to see a past that was very different from the world you know today. Just a century ago hardly anyone had electricity, or running water, or telephone. Long range communication took weeks, or months, not seconds.
Let's talk about the Indian thing. Let's assume for a moment that your outrage is justified. Let me ask what other solution do you offer? If your ancestors stepped off a primitive ship into the new world, what would you have them do? The natives would not have wanted them taking their land, now would they? I doubt they would have wanted to sell. Do you think your ancestors should have stayed wherever they came from? I'm not offering answers, this is not a multiple choice. I am asking the question.
Did you know that the whole Trail of Tears started because they found gold on the Indian land in Georgia? Yep, that isn't talked about too often, is it?
I don't believe that there would be a United States without the treatment of the native people that occurred, although I am open to alternative theories. I feel that the world is a better place because the US is here but that is simply my subjective opinion. I am open to other ideas if you have realistic justification for them.
Now we all know the ends don't justify the means, or at least that's what we have been taught; but maybe sometimes they do. There's a subject for thought. When something good comes from an evil deed is it good or bad?? Hmmm, maybe we need to re-evaluate that good or bad thing. To me, the past is neither good or bad - it's just the past. Maybe there is not absolute. Is it always wrong to kill? I'll bet you can think of some exceptions.
