mbox-40: Re: native people

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Hello,
regarding the "pilgrims" etc. : remember what this guy there in =
Nazareth born +/- 1999 yrs ago said about those who sit in the front =
rows of the church ?
He was a native, he told it like it is, and got squished for it.
Ever wondered what our society would do to a guy like that today ? Who =
would go to the UN peace conference and tell'em " go home you hypocrits =
and shut down the weapon factories" ?
Who is native and who is not is a question that will have to be resolved =
in the next century, because the picture is getting blurred. Take me: =
I'm a Swiss native; 200 years ago, that canton of mine was not yet =
Swiss, it was German. That is, Germany as we know it didn't even exist =
at the time either. So who am I ? Maybe I can find a paper some day =
saying that my ancestor soandso got expelled from his farm by =
soandsuch, whose descendants live there now; can I go to them and tell =
them to give me my ancestor's farm back ? There is a point where you =
just have to get over it, that is: forgive - to liberate yourself and =
others from the burden of the past -=20
but not forget - to liberate yourself and others from the burden of =
repeating the same mistakes.
There is a time (every night) to cry in your pillow over the stupidity =
of man, and there is a time (every day) to stand up and prove it =
doesn't have to be that way.
I hope I don't offend any native person here by saying this, but when we =
want to see reality, not just look at it, it means ALL of it. But make =
no mistake about it: every country has a genocide in its history, and =
the USA did it to the Indians (to use that misnomer).=20
And I can't help but to remind us that next year we will "celebrate" the =
50th anniversary of the beginning of the Chinese genocide in Tibet. Hey =
Zipperbilly, why don't you drop a few bombs over Peking ?
And to those who would hold that the "white man" must in some way be =
superior since he came to dominate: just because you're big doesn't mean =
you're smart, just because you're a majority doesn't mean you're right =
(the dilemma of democracy).
Smallpox and vanity, that's the reason. Vanity is the name of the Devil.
And that is what distinguishes the Native from the Conqueror: the Native =
knows he was made for the Earth, the Conqueror thinks it was all made =
for him. =20
In the old days the conquerors were kings, queens, popes and the like, =
today it is the multinational corporations (not all, but most) who are =
the "new colonialists", the bloodsuckers of our sacred planet.
=20
Sic dixim
Rudy

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regarding the "pilgrims" = etc. :=20 remember what this guy there in Nazareth born +/- 1999 yrs ago = said about=20 those who sit in the front rows of the church ?

Ever wondered what our society would = do to a guy=20 like that today ? Who would go to the UN peace conference = and=20 tell'em " go home you hypocrits and shut down the weapon = factories"=20 ?

Who is native and who is not is a = question that=20 will have to be resolved in the next century, because the picture is = getting=20 blurred. Take me: I'm a Swiss native; 200 years ago, that canton = of mine=20 was not yet Swiss, it was German. That is, Germany as we know it didn't = even=20 exist at the time either. So who am I ? Maybe I can find a paper some = day saying=20 that my ancestor soandso got expelled from his farm by soandsuch, = whose=20 descendants live there now; can I go to them and tell them to give me my = ancestor's farm back ? There is a point where you just have to get over = it, that=20 is: forgive - to liberate yourself and others from the burden of the = past =20 -

There is a = time (every=20 night) to cry in your pillow over the stupidity of man, and there = is a=20 time (every day) to stand up and prove it doesn't have to be that=20 way.

I hope I don't offend any native = person here by=20 saying this, but when we want to see reality, not just look at it, = it=20 means ALL of it. But make no mistake about it: every country has a = genocide=20 in its history, and the USA did it to the Indians (to use that = misnomer).=20

And I can't help but to remind us that next year we = will=20 "celebrate" the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the = Chinese=20 genocide in Tibet. Hey Zipperbilly, why don't you drop a few bombs over = Peking=20 ?

And to those who would hold that the = "white=20 man" must in some way be superior since he came to dominate: just = because=20 you're big doesn't mean you're smart, just because you're a majority = doesn't=20 mean you're right (the dilemma of democracy).

And that is what distinguishes the Native from the = Conqueror:=20 the Native knows he was made for the Earth, the Conqueror thinks it was = all made=20 for him.

In the old days the conquerors were kings, = queens, popes=20 and the like, today it is the multinational corporations (not all, but = most) who=20 are the "new colonialists", the bloodsuckers of our = sacred=20 planet.