Re: What Doctor said this & where is he from?

Briarroot <briarroot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ngo Dinh Diem wrote:

My problem is the way in which some Americans, yourself included it
seems, appear to idolise and deify a motely crew of colonists who
committed unspeakable acts against the native population of America
bordering on genocide and harboured all the prejudices, and igonrance
of that time


This story can not be considered complete without a reference to the
"unspeakable acts" committed by the native American tribes. Atrocities
such as the massacre of entire communities of men, women and children,
ritual torture practiced on captives and the enslavement of children
were commonplace among the natives themselves and against the European
colonists as well.

Those of us who remember our founders at all, and there seems to be
fewer and fewer of us with each passing year, honor them as pioneers who
displayed the admirable traits of fortitude and determination in carving
out a new home for their civilization amidst the wilderness of
barbarism. Their descendants then had the audacity to challenge the
mightiest empire they world had ever known in demanding their freedom.
That they subsequently won that freedom, and proceeded to establish an
orderly means of passing it down to succeeding generations, is reason
enough to revere them still; but also, that the nation they created
became an inspiration for the world's oppressed peoples for more than
200 years is yet another reason to venerate their memory.

As for you, we Americans will be happy to overlook *your* prejudice and
ignorance if ever you show any sign of recognizing them.


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Thanks, very well said.
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