Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
What do you want me to post? If I try and back up what I post everybody will say I'm ranting and now if I just ignore that I've been goaded into a discussion on whether or not alcoholism was or was not caused by 1. The introduction of a new stimulus into an environment 2. Genetics or 3. Socio-economic status because "the white man was evil" and not to mention people(Jaz) now comparing 9/11 to what happened to the Indians....Sorry I was born white, in America, to a non-muslim family, and post Trail of Tears or else I may have been able to do something about this.

I don't really care about the Indians today, sure historically they and their culture have gotten the shit end of the stick more than a few times. What do you want me to do about it? They run casino's here, they have reservations (where they don't have to live, but I do understand they are usually very poor in and out of the res.), they have zoo's here and they mistreat the animals (I am sure much to the dismay of their ancestors), and they sell cultural goods (blankets, furs, dart guns, dream catchers, etc) for huge profits or at least at high prices. Listen, I love the reverance for nature some (historically all the tribes were said to have it, now, not so much) have, I enjoy nature, I think there is a lot to learn from those who embrace their culture and don't chose to exploit it for profit(with the Casino's and zoo's), that's what I think of TODAY's Indians. The Indians of the past...well I wish things had worked out better for them, but that was not the case and I hate it for them because they did have great cultures and all that is slowly fading away with each passing year. That isn't something I can or should (given my background) try and fix, that is up to the Indian community to mend themselves and that's rough, but it is what it is....I personally can't un-kill people or un-Annex land for them, so I don't see why people should get all uptight when I post what I feel about the situation.

Now you guys can think whatever you want of me, but I'm not one to hold back my thoughts and opinions and maybe you think bad of me for it, but that's fine, at least you know where I stand. People have called me many names, racist, bigot, etc etc...I don't take it personally because I know in my heart I'm not one, but I'm sorry if there is a part of ANY culture I don't like I will not blink an eye before calling it out and I do it to the toothless redneck white trash and the uppity white collar yuppies just the same as any other culture so I think I'm being more honest than most people. I am not going to look past shady dealings in Casino's (like for example there are plenty of "Indians" and not Indians running them...just because your Great Great Grandmother sucked off a Cherokee brave doesn't exactly make you an Indian) or the poor conditions of their "zoo's" (it's more like a Concentration Camp for animals) just because history has been poor to them as a people...race/ethnicity/socio-economic status shouldn't be used as a crutch, that's a firm belief of mine and it would be the same if I was in their shoes.

So disagree with me if you like, but you know where I stand
Ok, once again you bring your race into it. What the hell is up with that? This has nothing to do with your race, yet you feel like constantly a victim because of it. Who the fuck are you, Al Sharpton??

Also, don't try & twist the 9/11 thing. Go to the top of this page & answer the question. I'll phrase it again. You say 'you don't give a shit about something that you weren't involved in'. Is it therefore ok in your eyes for a Muslim person to not give a shit about 9/11 because they personally were not involved? The comparison between what the settlers did to the Native Americans (the people whose land it was) & a bunch of Islamist nutjobs attacking Americans in the WTC (the people whose land it was), is not completely off the point, so don't act like I'm belittling 9/11.

The rest of what you said basically develops into a rant. You're right the Native American community do have a lot of problems. But... and here's a really crazy one for ya... how about rather than throwing out blanket statements, we have a reasoned calm debate. Everytime you start doing the 'victim' thing (highlighted), we lose all track of that while we have to deal with you going on about how we hate your opinions & are trying to oppress you.

You'll notice that nothing is highlighted in the middle paragraph. Do you know why? Because what you wrote was pertinent to the argument & I actually liked a lot of what you said, even if I didn't agree with all of it. It's this whining about how we're all trying to stop your freedom of speech that gets on my nerves Lyle, so please cut that out.