Posted on 12/13/2022 9:28:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
That’s how Kawanda came to being “Forever”. He was selling slaves to Europeans. They didn’t show that in the propaganda movie.
That’s how Kawanda came to being “Forever”. He was selling slaves to Europeans. They didn’t show that in the propaganda movie.
Bkmk
Past "Kill the Indian in him, and save the man."
Present "Kill the Indian white in him, and save the man country."
Sobran had something to say about that.
Just one correctjon, the Aztecs always called themselves the Mexica. They were immigrant conquerors from what is now northern Mexico.
Civilization did not stick. And it seems to be letting go in the west as well.
Civilization takes work, sacrifice, and self-discipline.
Once a society reaches a certain economic security, the people forget about these things and let everything fall apart in their quest for riches, power, and pleasure.
I work in academia and told a professor of history and anthropology that despite it’s bad points that imperialism made many parts of the world a much better place. You would have thought I slapped him upside the head with a ten pound trout!
He stuttered and went red faced and I said are not most countries where there was a long time European presence and rule in a better place where government, economics and poverty are concerned and I cited a few examples. He agreed but then started on the abuses of imperialism. I said did I not say there were abuses? Yes, but... So abuses aside are these countries better off? Well it could be said they are in some cases, but...
I once told him in jest we should have kept all of Mexico during the US/Mexican war. I thought he was going to stroke out lol! I enjoy setting this guy off like a Roman candle.
Mexican civilian leadership tried to talk Scott into taking up the cause of annexing all of Mexico with Polk. Scott was not going to do that. Scott being a Southern Whig already had enough problems with Polk. Polk would likely interrupt Scott’s actions as furthering his presidential ambitions. Then the Mexican grandees offer Scott the dictatorship of Mexico. They probably figured better him then some other puffed-up Mexican military\civilian incompetent. Scott of course said no to that!
I understand that in India before British influence, when a man died, his widow was burned alive on his funeral pyre and the British put a stop to that.
RE: I understand that in India before British influence, when a man died, his widow was burned alive on his funeral pyre
Yes, it was practiced in some Indian Communities back then. The practice is called SATI.
In reality Mexico would have been far better off if we had kept it and made it a part of the US.
Typo
interpret = interrupt
As I have read it, General Sir Charles Napier ended the practice of sati when he and his troops came upon a funeral pyre being constructed. They were told, “it is our tradition that when a man dies, his widow is burned alive on her husband’s funeral pyre.” So he told the head Indian, “It is our tradition that when a man burns a woman to death, we hang him by the neck until he is dead. My men will build a gallows next to your pyre. You may carry out your tradition, then we will carry out ours.”
Good motivation to stop, wasn’t it?
Well, I don’t know if you can say that about us now, WEF, Global Reset and all.
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