Yeah', you're totally right there.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 20:47, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Ultimately our free thinking open minded Western enlightenment
Still places freedom of belief on a higher pedestal than basic human rights.

This isn't supported by any sort of atavistic evidence - many of the American Indian nations were arranged in a matriarchal society which is one of the reasons that the (Christian) god-fearing pioneers regarded them as savages.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 20:55, Reply)

Have you ever been to an Indian Reservation?
I went to Cherokee North Carolina and it's pretty sad, their entire history and culture has been reduced to selling dream catchers in tourist spots.
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 21:07, Reply)

Yes
I've met a few on my travels too.

We didn't have the word Genocide then, but it's worth remembering that the US between 1865 and 1890 committed acts of genocide far worse than the Third Reich or the Khmer Rouge.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 21:11, Reply)

Thankfully we don't have that on a legal level in the UK, which is quite amazing when you think about it.
I've always maintained the notion that fundermentalists on any side are just as bad as the other (weather it's religion, football or anything else)... and the conservative amercains are of no exception. I think your left are still righter than our boarderline right.

I love a lot about america, but I once heard the american goverment described as "The uncle who touched you up as a kid, but paid your way through collage".
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 21:42, Reply)

HE NEVER PAID MY WAY
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( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 21:44, Reply)