From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Jun 26 2002 - 20:36:22 MDT
At 12:46 PM 6/26/02 -0700, Robert wrote:
>I'm fairly easily swayed by the Blue People
>argument.
The... *what*?
I google to such entrancing information as:
http://www.umanitoba.ca/manitoban/archives/march14_2001/arts_sup1.html
>Dave Courchene of the Anishnabe Nation has
> a prophecy to fulfill this summer. It is a
> prophecy that has been handed down to him
> from his elders, and speaks of a unification of
> the different peoples of the world - a
> unification started and implemented by today's
> youth.
>
> "The world is basically spiritually-illiterate, in
> the sense that there is no respect for life," said
> Courchene, who prefers his spiritual name
> Neeghani Aki Innini (Leading Earth Man).
> "Man continues to destroy the world, he
> pollutes it." [...]
>According to the prophecy, there are four
> groups of people: the red, the yellow, the black
> and the white. Courchene says that from
> today's youth a new group of people will be
> born - the blue people, who will be tolerant of
> each other, and will bring spiritual harmony
> and sacredness back to the earth. This will
> prepare the way for a rebirth of Mother Earth.
>
> "As indigenous people we carry a dream and
> we carry a vision that we believe can help
> unite man, help unite humanity in this world,
> and also teach our brothers and sisters about
> the sacredness of the earth," says Courchene.
> "It is our belief and our vision that there is
> only one supreme creator that has given us the
> gift of life."
You can't argue with that, I guess--it's a spiritual Truth.
But that can't be what Robert meant.
Damien Broderick
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