Posted on 05/02/2009 7:24:19 AM PDT by csvset
I have always had a problem with the practice of people being brought up on Federal charges when they are acquitted of State charges. It smacks of double jeopardy, and the fact that the charges are differnenet doesn't mitigate that. It's an evasion of Constitutional protections, and is almost always applied when the "victim" is a "minority".
That is the history of the world. Americans are no better or worse than other groups throughout history. How do you feel about the Spanish. Somehow they have escaped all the bad things that Americans are accused of, yet they were the original invaders and usurpers. Hell, the word "hispanic" even seems to honor them.
i read it differently... one group of thugs started up with one guy who was walking with a girl...
Don’t get me started on those Spaniards. I read a book not too long ago titled “AZTEC” by I beleive Gary Jennings. It was very enraging to read about things that I had not thought about too much. To this day I have to remind myself that it happened a long time ago.
Ok. But why blame the Americans? The history of the world is one people taking over another. I won't apologize, nor will I excuse. But my point is that "hispanics" don't blame the Spanish for the genocide they perpretrated, yet they blame Americans for their ills.
It's insane! They adopt the "spanish" part of their name from the very people who took their land and killed their people, but Americans get the blame. What is up with that?!?!?!?
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