[Foundation-l] Reply to Mark

[Austin Hair]

You guys seriously don't know when to stop.

Start a new topic that's actually relevant, because this one's been
added to the killfile.

Austin

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good thing I was making a little joke, then ;)
>
>
>
>  On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:26 PM, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > 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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