Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

On 2 Dec 2003 14:44:06 -0800, RestInParadise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> 
> Melissa-Please stay on point.  Respond to what I posted above about
> your gross misinterpretation of Howard Zinn's words:
> 
>>Don't read the Cliff-notes version of Howard Zinn next time you want
>>to waste everyone's time here with half-truths.  Howard Zinn himself
>>makes it quite clear that even in the following Pequot war the
>>ORDINARY Englishman refused to fight Native Americans.
> 
>>"Jennings says the elite of the Puritans wanted the war; the ordinary
>>white Englishman did not want it and often refused to fight."
> 
> DIRECTLY FROM HOWARD ZINN'S TEXT.........

I'm only wasting the time of bigots who can't see past there own nose.
You steadfastly refuse to even entertain the truths I have been trying
to convey to you, because you like to hide in the group and blame the
leaders that you create.
Obviously, a *lot* of the "ordinary white Englishmen" *did* in fact fight.
The ones that didn't did not leave the settlement to form new ones, did
not refuse to do business with anyone that did fight, did not refuse the
spoils, land and resources, of the war, kept right on over-breeding, which
would obviously cause more of the same kind of war.
Their children and even themselves did not refuse to move onto the stolen
lands.
They went on paying the taxes that were necessary to support the many small
wars needed to acquire more land as the settlements grew. After all, those
that were fighting weren't working their stolen lands and had to be supported.
You are attempting to dismiss my every point based on the very incomplete
resistance of a minority. 
You may go on fooling yourself if you want to, but I urge others to read
the complete context of the above quote.
To think about what had to *really* go on to make what happenned possible,
rather than the biased interpretations of someone who just doesn't want
to face the truth.
What went on could *not* have happenned without the support and work and time
of the majority of the people. The few "elites" could not have done it
themselves.
I can hardly wait for your next attack on my character. What other choice do
you have. Except to face unpleasant truths about our country and grow up.

M.