"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Montblack" wrote in message
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("Tom Fleischman" wrote)
Wake up, CJ. Find the hurt little boy inside yourself and get some
help. I'm sure it must be hell for you going through life with so much
hate and anger inside.


He's Mormon and so probably still a little upset that his people never
did
get paid for digging that tunnel on the first transcontinental railroad.


WHAT?!? We never got paid? I want reparations right now!

Now that I think on it, I want reparations for the nine homes my ancestors
were burned out of or were seized by mobs protected by the governments of
New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. I want reparations for those tarred
and feathered in those places, for those who were whipped and beaten, and
for those who were killed at Hahn's Mill in Missouri. I want reparations for
those who died while fleeing, virtually naked, across the plains of Nebraska
and Iowa in the dead of winter while pursued by forces of the Federal
government and militia from Illinois and Missouri -- even while others were
being forced to fight for those same governments in their illegal war with
Mexico.

I want compensation for Fort Bridger and other supply centers burned to the
ground by the Federal government or which were destroyed when President
Johnston sent an army against my ancestors to quell a rebellion that did not
exist. I want reparations for homes and property seized by the Federal
government in Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, including thousands of head of
cattle. I want reparations for those ancestors who were disenfranchised on
account of their religious beliefs, forbidden to vote because of what they
believed, not what they practiced. I want reparations for the gold stolen by
illegal squatters after my ancestors discovered it at Sutter's Mill and
other places in California, and reparations for the property that was stolen
by prospectors who just helped themselves to whatever they wanted on their
way to those gold fields, for the women they raped, and for the homes,
wagons, horses, and other property they destroyed.

I want reparations for the modern buildings that are still being vandalized
and destroyed by thugs, for the cost of defending our rights to build
churches and temples being obstructed by corrupt government officials, and
for the physical threats, violence, and harassment we put up with today. I
want reparations for the hate and lies published in vicious tracts and
pamphlets sold in so-called Christian bookstores to this very day.

On the other hand, I really don't want reparations for any of this stuff. It
is tainted money and I would not soil my hands with it. Maybe I get a little
sarcastic and sensitive when people start criticizing religious belief or
even, as some here have suggested, that maybe a little genocide will solve
all the world's problems. Maybe I have my reasons.