Matt Barrow wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Gary Drescher wrote:


"Skywise" wrote in message
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I'll second that. I'm sick and tired of the descendents of
the slaves demanding recompense (in whatever form) from the
descendents of the slave owners. Were you personally enslaved?
Were you personally a slave owner? I thought not.


Have you directly or indirectly inherited some of the wealth that the
slave owners stole from the black population? Thought so.

And both the blacks and the whites stole it from the native Americans, so
if anyone is owed compensation.... :-)


And they stole it from...

The neat thing is that most native Americans didn't consider land
something to be owned. They consider themselves essentially stewards of
the land. Personally, I think there is a lot to be said for their way
of thinking vs. the European way.

So, I don't think the native Americans stole anything, they were simply
caretakers and users of the natural resources. The Europeans stole this
from the native Americans, just as they stole Africans to use as slaves.


Matt