Re: (Free Tibet) Why Tibet??

Pilar Quezzaire wrote:
> : It remembers me the native american cultures being steamrolled by the 
> : american expansion: you cannot help feeling simpathy for the native 
> : american way of life, even though it is clear that there is no room for 
> : that in the new world.
>
> *eyeroll* The Plains Indians in particular were some of the most
> conflict-driven, violent groups in the world. Whites conquered them in
> part because they were fighting amongst themselves. Let's not sugarcoat

And so what? Who is sugarcoating? *I* should be eyerolling here:
- were native american cultures steamrolled?  yes X    no O
- can *you* help feeling simpathy for them?   yes X    no O
- is there room for them in the modern world? yes O    no X

That's all I have said. I know that they were belligerant. And feel 
simpathy all the same. So do you.


> and baby-ize these cultures, or put them on some sort of pedestal. Their
> oppression is sufficient to feel sorry -- they don't need to be
> represented as naive on top of that. That's just as racist as calling them 
> backward -- it's an imbalanced view. 
>
> --
> Pilar