tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post5089818296479216424..comments2023-08-24T07:27:12.657-07:00Comments on Contra O'Reilly: The Hamidian Massacres of 1895Will "take no prisoners" Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-59191009503815050672011-04-16T13:59:10.508-07:002011-04-16T13:59:10.508-07:00Beach said: "Oh well, Americans shouldn't...Beach said: "Oh well, Americans shouldn't throw too many stones"<br /><br />I know this issue well, but the problems with American responsibility over this are nothing like Turkey's hardline type of holocaust-denial.<br /><br />RN makes a good semantic argument. Discovering something has nothing to do with whether or not it is inhabited.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-90810009933136444222011-04-11T22:45:33.501-07:002011-04-11T22:45:33.501-07:00Well, lets see. Since Europeans were apparently un...Well, lets see. Since Europeans were apparently unaware of the existence of the western hemisphere at the time they "found it" I would think they discovered it.<br /><br />Sort of like discovering any previously unknown fact.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-66452725038738788162011-04-11T21:19:05.674-07:002011-04-11T21:19:05.674-07:00And, sadly, Jerry, we're arrogant to this day....And, sadly, Jerry, we're arrogant to this day.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-41505739398364148242011-04-11T21:00:05.564-07:002011-04-11T21:00:05.564-07:00It is interesting how we could "discover"...It is interesting how we could "discover" a land already populated with people. I think that is rather arrogant.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-22373419390273008892011-04-11T20:52:55.228-07:002011-04-11T20:52:55.228-07:00It was absolutely genocide. But wasn't it also...It was absolutely genocide. But wasn't it also inevitable, primitive peoples in a sparsely populated land, a land that was rich in natural resources - human nature being what it is? I mean, certainly, the WAY that it all went down could have been far more conscionable and everything but, still, the way that it ended up was utterly predictable.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-30396864283697699822011-04-11T20:28:22.926-07:002011-04-11T20:28:22.926-07:00Oh well, Americans shouldn't throw too many st...Oh well, Americans shouldn't throw too many stones. The Europeans didn't exactly ask the Native Americans nicely about moving into the neighborhood. The exact number of Native Americans that were killed, directly and indirectly, because of the European invasion of North America is subject to wild speculation but it was still genocide.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.com