[Foundation-l] Reply to Mark

[Mark Williamson]

Contrary to what some meanies here have said, I don't presume to speak
for anyone else. But based on my own experience, I am guessing that
the over  2millon american indians whose ancestors have inhabited this
country for over 10000 years would be extremely offended by your
fatally erroneous statement. The US has been a colonial state from the
beginning, I will not deny that and neither should you.

On 01/03/2008, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure, but all that other territory that eventually became states was
> unoccupied anyway, right? :P Sort of skidding off topic here, aren't we?
>
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 3/1/08, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> > > geni wrote:
> > > > On 01/03/2008, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> What? Since when did America ever speak for any colonies? It was a
> > > >> colony, it was never a colonial power...
> > > >>
> > > > Puerto Rico? Various former Spannish colonies acquired at one point?
> > > The Monroe Doctrine was a neo-colonial instrument. Helping Panama to
> > > break away from Colombia. Periodic invasions and skullduggery in small
> > > countries when the U.S. didn't like the government, as in the Arbenz
> > > assassination in Guatemala. The continuing hostile attitude towards
> > > Cuba and Venezuela because those countries put their own people first.
> > > Maintaining armed occupation is an expensive way of keeping colonies, so
> > > they had to find different ways of doing it.
> > >
> > > Some might even say that Tony Blair's easy compliance in the invasion of
> > > Iraq showed that the colonial master role had been reversed. :-)
> > >
> > > Ec
> >
> > Lessee, how many states were there in the compact during the articles of
> > confederation? Never acquired any territories, no-no (won't go to
> > rehab, no-no...)
> >
> >
> >
> > Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]
> >
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