From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Wed Jun 05 2002 - 17:07:40 MDT
Samantha writes
> Dossy wrote:
>
> > On 2002.06.05, Anava000@aol.com <Anava000@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Is there a nation or country that the white people have not come to, taken
> >>the best land and resources and abused the indigeneous peoples? [...]
> >>What is wrong with these people?
> >>
> >
> > To the victor go the spoils. There's nothing wrong with "these people"
> > -- there's something wrong with everyone else.
>
> I am shocked and horrified by such an answer.
I agree. We should not overreact to a mindless invocation
of morality by attempting to justify the unjustifiable.
No *people* has a better or worse track record than
anyone else, once you discount opportunity.
The simple answer as to why the Europeans took over---as
several have written better than I---is that they could.
(Yes, it's also true in general that the more technologically
advanced can more easily afford the luxuries of humanitarian
treatment and fair play.)
Lee
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