The cartoon is accurate, and understated. A review of the later 1760’s and the “Indian Wars” with vast atrocities coming down on the native populations by those “kindly” Europeans, French, English, German and others is an exception only with the Quakers, who those other kind Europeans also attacked.
scottfreitas, is that “Christian restraint” the same restraint that you’ve shown in your multiple posts on these pages eagerly calling for a bloody civil war against any and all liberals in America?
That “Christian restraint”?
Yeah, no thanks. We don’t want what you’re selling. Try down the street at Fox News. I hear they’re pretty gullible.
People keep telling me that they just skip past your posts because they already know you’re hopelessly misinformed and nasty to boot. But I really want everybody in America to be able to read your splenetic rants. Perhaps if we could all get a good look at such unmitigated hatred, we’d be shocked enough to start acting more decently toward one another.
Today different tribes of Native Americans still hate other Native American tribes.
They really hate the African Americans that are on there roles and getting there tribal benefits.
This was done due to the Native Americans had slaves.
They also love there casinos. It makes them a lot of money from the white man.
I believe combining commentary on a dubious health care reform bill with the “rumor” of infected blankets given to Plains Indians in the late 1800’s AND then to further combine those issues with the historical Pilgrim celebration of a thanksgiving to God for their blessings after their trip across the Atlantic is indeed evidence of an extreme ideological bias on the part of the cartoonist. But at least this one is also “crisp” as kylop stated afore.
you guys remind me of that one public service announcement that was out a few decades ago - the one with the tear rolling down the face of some native american guy. this time, however, he’d be lamenting all the pollution posted here and elsewhere. sad.
“The Indians were NOT the quiet, peaceful, intelligent heroes the libtards of today claim.”
Stop putting everything in terms of modern political stereotypes– it doesn’t fit.
Yes, some indians were warlike and attacked other tribes and white settlers. Others didn’t. The US was also cruel at times, not simply defending, but actively murdering entire families of indians.
The backdrop of all this was an invasion of by modern standards lightly populated lands– any time you’ve got two societies vying for the same natural resources there’s going to be violent conflict.
As long as it was two countries engaging in the wholesale slaughter of indigenous peoples (including women, children, and the elderly) by means of military conquest, forced resettlement, reneged treaties, and destruction of vital resources, then it’s no problem.
Now I see your point!
… … … …
No, wait a minute. Maybe I don’t so much. So exactly how does that excuse early US policies toward Native Americans, again?
“Advanced civilizations”, eh? Those are the ones with the more effective weapons, right scottfreitas?
And I see that you’re of the “sin boldly” school of Christian theology. Of course, I doubt Martin Luther meant for you to endorse sinful behavior (such as genocide) as you just did.
Rather, Luther’s statement was that of a man who had spent the majority of his life desperately concerned that he wasn’t living up to Christ’s standards of perfect love and justice. As he developed his theory of grace, he came to see that we simply couldn’t avoid falling short.
But Luther never conceived that this would be a license to completely abandon God’s commands involving love and justice, as your previous post seems to affirm.
Lalo Alcaraz has to be the most ignorant, uninformed, inflammatory political cartoonist that is allowed to post. If he had the last name “Smith,” his comics wouldn’t even make the local paper.
Lib-fact: “Then I think they saw and to some extent knew what they were doing.”
I watched a good HBO movie which captured some of the political realities of a new Republic dealing with autonomous indigenous peoples, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
Scott, one Lib here even impugned the Monroe Doctrine; which I believe began the concept of the third world being off limits to colonial exploitation (whether or not it excused exploitation by the U.S.)
Yes, the immigrants committed genocide against the Native Americans. And for that their descendants, including myself, are profoundly sorry.
This is a fact of history as clearly documented as the Holocaust, and only a bigot would deny it.
While the facts vis-a-vis the Native Americans and smallpox may be debatable, the very idea that somehow, Republicans were responsible for this is ludicrous, mean-spitited hate-mongering. It smacks of the worst kind of proaganda that totally demonizes anyone who happens to have a different view, and is a large part of the reason our country is so polarized. Your broad-brush approach is painting the majority of America as racist, uncaring fiends bent on the destruction of their fellow man. You might want to take a look at the proportions of money donated to charities in this great nation. The vast majority is donated to charity by conservatives. Liberals (not all, but the numbers suggest most) by contrast, want to have the state confiscate the hard-earned income of others to achieve their unworkable, utopian ideals through an inefficient and wasteful federal government. We are now headed for a federal health care program that will have the efficiency of the US Postal Service coupled with the compassion of the IRS. I hope you like what you get!
I guess an African American pastor wearing an Obama change shirt during his watered down sermon at his church service then has his church blown up by some Muslims whom he is fighting for is in eternal damnation.
Hey Warrior77. You do know you’re just talking to yourself on here, right? And you’re dropping grammatical errors and misspellings all over the place while you do it.
Not a “wannabe”, but my grandfather was Cherokee, as were most of my mom’s relatives. I do find that history interesting, as many denied it for decades, like my mom. My wife’s grandmother was also a Cherokee “denier”.
The first folks here didn’t do the “smallpox” thing, but it WAS a tactic a little later, along with other efforts at genocide, like the real reason the railroads hired Cody and others to wipe out the bison populations and deny the tribes (there were many) their food source.
It is also important to realize that “friendship photo” of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam was because WE were behind supplying the chemical weapons we supplied to kill both Iranians, and the Kurds.
I tire of those who staunchly defend the defenders of eggs, and support those who killed actual children, and adults, in massive numbers, with absolutely no moral cocerns whatsoever, except their bank balances.
Warrior, your holier than thou spiel is a load of BS. No Christian follows the Bible verbatim. Not you, not G Bush, not Pat Robertson, not the Pope. The vast majority can’t be bothered to actually read it in its entirety. You’re /all/ going to Hell.
NFP: It wouldn’t have been that hard to find a smallpox survivor who could handle the blankets without getting sick.
Check the “Straight Dope” link below. Col. Henry Bouquet is quoted as writing in a letter dated July 13, 1763: “P.S. I will try to inocculate the Indians by means of Blankets that may fall in their hands, taking care however not to get the disease myself. ”
It’s clear from the rest of the letter than by “inocculate”, he meant “infect”.
In fairness, it should be noted that it can’t be proven that whites actually did give smallpox-infected blankets to Indians - only that they planned to, and that there’s no reason to think they didn’t, and that they showed “Christian restraint” by not going along with others who wanted full-on genocide immediately.
This is American history, people. For all of their lectures about “plain facts”, conservatives are awfully resistant to facts that don’t fit their fantasies of pure and noble colonists vs. filthy, satanic savages.
Stripe, you are correct that I did not read the /entire/ Bible. There is still a book or two that I haven’t read. The difference is that I don’t consider myself a Christian. You, Warrior, and others do. I’ve heard all to often by “Christians” who act holier than everyone else is the phrase “I know what I know.” What you /don’t/ know is many things God commands you to do or not do. You, Warrior, and others look down on the rest of us for not following the Bible, but you’re just as guilty.
BTW, I’ve never really cared for Dio. Heavy metal is not my thing.
Anticipated reaction of small-pox survivor to “infected” blankets: “Ewww! Burn that and the house the people lived in…”
We know Liberal humanists in an effort to sully and debunk accepted American traditions and history - and ultimately it’s founding beliefs -have resorted to historical revisionism in the past. More plausible is the extinction of the American Bison to deprive native americans of their typical food source and thereby limit there territory and ultimately encourage assimilation and even genocide is a definite possibility. Yet the spurious “fact” portrayed in this political cartoon doesn’t EVEN come close or tattempt to explain the hostilities and conflicts between the native and immigrant American populations. But since it it hateful and demeaning to White European American History it is accepted and defended by the marxists on this board and in the real world.
“Captain, where should I put this pox-infected blanket?”
Blah, blah, blah, Stripe. You’ve ranted about it all before. You think you’re better than the gays because they violate a couple of passages in the Bible. So do you, Pat Robertson, the Pope, and every other Christian. Your sins may be different, but they’re sins none the less. You’re not any better than the gays and you’ll go to Hell just the same. If not following the Bible means going to Hell, then /everyone/ is on their way. Get over it already.
God said that the land will prosper where the people fear God.
Look at the Middle East, sand desolate. Israel stoomped by the heathans(reprobates, arrogant, destructive). Lands will prosper without the Godless Islamists.
Every president since Harry S. Truman has utilized a National Day of Prayer, until Barack Obama, who opted out. He did manage to celebrate Ramadan and bow to mecca in the white house. There is no doubt, that Barack Obama is a muslim worshipper.
If you truely want to understand how come the USA is in a depressed mood throughout america, a vexed people with many problems that arent getting solved, and wont until a God fearing President is elected, you now understand that it is because of that, Barack Obama worships mohammed, a murderer, liar, thief, that only intends to kill steal and destroy as practiced in their ungodly book called the koran.
Egypt was once a Christian country. It only took 4000 muslims to convert new Egyptians and become the promonent religion in Egypt. Protestant and Catholic, and Baptist are all considered one religion, Christianity, followers of Christ. There is no need for divisions among Christians. Traditions are the only thing that sets these titles apart. Muslims have announced jihad against America. Jihad is a spiritual warfare used by islamists to try and take over nations and subject nations to submit to islamic ways. Words, little attention getters here and there with bombings, killings, ways to get peoples attention, to cause people to fear. Mohammad taught his followers to harm others, to lie, to enforce his ways upon people that dont agree with him in order to take over power of them. It is an anti peace, anti love, anti American, anti Christ way of thinking, the koran.
Here is a site from a believer in God that is very interesting.
http://www.americanminute.com/
If you go through the subjects on the right column of this site you will notice the topics that are discussed, and hopefully, as I have, enjoy his enthusiasm and conviction. May God bless.
A lot of Hindus question nature, and have some “strange” rules. Buddhists question reality, and the rational thought possibilities in “Man”, and see divinity in all things in the universe. Islam, Judaism, Christianity ALL THREE worship ONE GOD, the GOD OF ABRAHAM- get over it folks!
The “one” religion in Christianity IS divided by over 38,000 denominations- simple fact. (some claim Jesus IS God, others that he is the SON of God) Judaism is divided, not totally united. Islam is divided, not united.
European occupation of the Americas, Polynesia, and southeast Asia was massive genocide- period. Centuries of the Inquisition spread “faith” in the blood of resistors. Islam conquered Europe (mostly - for a while) with conquest, but considerably more “humanity” than the Inquisition.
Today stories surface of men claiming PTSD as an “insanity” that CAUSED them to commit crimes. I know how PTSD CAN affect behavior- TO A DEGREE- but morality, not based on any faith other than lessons learned, does NOT ALLOW me to bring undeserved violence on another. PTSD is a form of “insanity”, very similar in its impacts to UNQUESTIONED religious faith. What separates “Man” from the lower creatures is indeed that ability to QUESTION, and NOT accept “faith” as “absolute truth”.
I can put it back…I had no idea I had such a rabid fan base.
I pulled it because I didn’t want to give PTSD-sufferers anything more to worry about…But I did like that part about our “leaders” and “shepherds” being negligent overseers…
Thingie, good point. Just because other people have been *holes throughout history doesn’t mean it’s a-ok. I mean, we’ve only been cheating, raping, murdering and plundering each other since the Stone Age, but it’s not exactly legal, is it?
Well, maybe except plundering. That one’s always a hit with the kiddies.
Kylop over 14 years ago
The drawing looks crisp
believecommonsense over 14 years ago
… all the worst recorded treacheries were instigated by the Indians, NOT the settlers.
you truly frighten me, there are no limits to the lies you’re willing to espouse to promote your view of how the world was, is and should be.
Dtroutma over 14 years ago
The cartoon is accurate, and understated. A review of the later 1760’s and the “Indian Wars” with vast atrocities coming down on the native populations by those “kindly” Europeans, French, English, German and others is an exception only with the Quakers, who those other kind Europeans also attacked.
tpenna over 14 years ago
scottfreitas, is that “Christian restraint” the same restraint that you’ve shown in your multiple posts on these pages eagerly calling for a bloody civil war against any and all liberals in America?
That “Christian restraint”?
Yeah, no thanks. We don’t want what you’re selling. Try down the street at Fox News. I hear they’re pretty gullible.
tpenna over 14 years ago
I mean, GOOD LORD!
People keep telling me that they just skip past your posts because they already know you’re hopelessly misinformed and nasty to boot. But I really want everybody in America to be able to read your splenetic rants. Perhaps if we could all get a good look at such unmitigated hatred, we’d be shocked enough to start acting more decently toward one another.
Warrior77 over 14 years ago
Today different tribes of Native Americans still hate other Native American tribes. They really hate the African Americans that are on there roles and getting there tribal benefits. This was done due to the Native Americans had slaves.
They also love there casinos. It makes them a lot of money from the white man.
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
Another cheery ‘Toon from the Latino-American-Lib.
HUMPHRIES over 14 years ago
Another BS “lib” blast by the poopy.
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
I believe combining commentary on a dubious health care reform bill with the “rumor” of infected blankets given to Plains Indians in the late 1800’s AND then to further combine those issues with the historical Pilgrim celebration of a thanksgiving to God for their blessings after their trip across the Atlantic is indeed evidence of an extreme ideological bias on the part of the cartoonist. But at least this one is also “crisp” as kylop stated afore.
hank197857 over 14 years ago
you guys remind me of that one public service announcement that was out a few decades ago - the one with the tear rolling down the face of some native american guy. this time, however, he’d be lamenting all the pollution posted here and elsewhere. sad.
michael Premium Member over 14 years ago
“The Indians were NOT the quiet, peaceful, intelligent heroes the libtards of today claim.”
Stop putting everything in terms of modern political stereotypes– it doesn’t fit.
Yes, some indians were warlike and attacked other tribes and white settlers. Others didn’t. The US was also cruel at times, not simply defending, but actively murdering entire families of indians.
The backdrop of all this was an invasion of by modern standards lightly populated lands– any time you’ve got two societies vying for the same natural resources there’s going to be violent conflict.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member over 14 years ago
Christian restraint may be real, in theory, but it is naive to think all christians practised it. Religions may be different, people are not.
Magnaut over 14 years ago
it was in parallel and cooperation with the canadian destruction of the native populations
tpenna over 14 years ago
Oh! Well, that changes everything!
As long as it was two countries engaging in the wholesale slaughter of indigenous peoples (including women, children, and the elderly) by means of military conquest, forced resettlement, reneged treaties, and destruction of vital resources, then it’s no problem.
Now I see your point!
… … … …
No, wait a minute. Maybe I don’t so much. So exactly how does that excuse early US policies toward Native Americans, again?
tpenna over 14 years ago
“Advanced civilizations”, eh? Those are the ones with the more effective weapons, right scottfreitas?
And I see that you’re of the “sin boldly” school of Christian theology. Of course, I doubt Martin Luther meant for you to endorse sinful behavior (such as genocide) as you just did.
Rather, Luther’s statement was that of a man who had spent the majority of his life desperately concerned that he wasn’t living up to Christ’s standards of perfect love and justice. As he developed his theory of grace, he came to see that we simply couldn’t avoid falling short.
But Luther never conceived that this would be a license to completely abandon God’s commands involving love and justice, as your previous post seems to affirm.
Max Starman Jones over 14 years ago
Lalo Alcaraz has to be the most ignorant, uninformed, inflammatory political cartoonist that is allowed to post. If he had the last name “Smith,” his comics wouldn’t even make the local paper.
Dtroutma over 14 years ago
Scooter reads used toilet paper as his “documentation”.
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
Lib-fact: “Then I think they saw and to some extent knew what they were doing.”
I watched a good HBO movie which captured some of the political realities of a new Republic dealing with autonomous indigenous peoples, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
Scott, one Lib here even impugned the Monroe Doctrine; which I believe began the concept of the third world being off limits to colonial exploitation (whether or not it excused exploitation by the U.S.)
4uk4ata over 14 years ago
Rather, it was off-limit to “colonial” exploitation by European states, thus a US sphere of influence.
In other words, it basically said - ours, not yours.
Charles Brobst Premium Member over 14 years ago
Yes, the immigrants committed genocide against the Native Americans. And for that their descendants, including myself, are profoundly sorry. This is a fact of history as clearly documented as the Holocaust, and only a bigot would deny it.
lalo over 14 years ago
Wow! I thought users wrote alot on my dailies, but yeeehaw! There sure is alot of activity- and BS- here! Happy thanksgiving to all! (I won’t curse the jerks- I will show “Christian restraint ©”)
lalo alcaraz
believecommonsense over 14 years ago
Lalo, howdy! We appreciate you dropping in and reading our comments.
Happy Turkey day to all the turkeys!
geometer2 over 14 years ago
While the facts vis-a-vis the Native Americans and smallpox may be debatable, the very idea that somehow, Republicans were responsible for this is ludicrous, mean-spitited hate-mongering. It smacks of the worst kind of proaganda that totally demonizes anyone who happens to have a different view, and is a large part of the reason our country is so polarized. Your broad-brush approach is painting the majority of America as racist, uncaring fiends bent on the destruction of their fellow man. You might want to take a look at the proportions of money donated to charities in this great nation. The vast majority is donated to charity by conservatives. Liberals (not all, but the numbers suggest most) by contrast, want to have the state confiscate the hard-earned income of others to achieve their unworkable, utopian ideals through an inefficient and wasteful federal government. We are now headed for a federal health care program that will have the efficiency of the US Postal Service coupled with the compassion of the IRS. I hope you like what you get!
Warrior77 over 14 years ago
According to the liberals who post here, Christian restraints is murdering children through abortion and accepting all evil as good.
Warrior77 over 14 years ago
It is too bad for the liberals that the creator of the universe does not see it that what.
Warrior77 over 14 years ago
I guess the liberals think two lesbian lovers can comment suicide and enter heaven. They will then wonder why they are in eternal damnation.
Warrior77 over 14 years ago
I guess an African American pastor wearing an Obama change shirt during his watered down sermon at his church service then has his church blown up by some Muslims whom he is fighting for is in eternal damnation.
tpenna over 14 years ago
Hey Warrior77. You do know you’re just talking to yourself on here, right? And you’re dropping grammatical errors and misspellings all over the place while you do it.
Dtroutma over 14 years ago
Not a “wannabe”, but my grandfather was Cherokee, as were most of my mom’s relatives. I do find that history interesting, as many denied it for decades, like my mom. My wife’s grandmother was also a Cherokee “denier”.
The first folks here didn’t do the “smallpox” thing, but it WAS a tactic a little later, along with other efforts at genocide, like the real reason the railroads hired Cody and others to wipe out the bison populations and deny the tribes (there were many) their food source.
It is also important to realize that “friendship photo” of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam was because WE were behind supplying the chemical weapons we supplied to kill both Iranians, and the Kurds.
I tire of those who staunchly defend the defenders of eggs, and support those who killed actual children, and adults, in massive numbers, with absolutely no moral cocerns whatsoever, except their bank balances.
Jason Allen over 14 years ago
Warrior, your holier than thou spiel is a load of BS. No Christian follows the Bible verbatim. Not you, not G Bush, not Pat Robertson, not the Pope. The vast majority can’t be bothered to actually read it in its entirety. You’re /all/ going to Hell.
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
The Republican Plan would have a variety of out state suppliers with a choice of infected blankets…
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
So, I guess the “white” guys got into their special “Wild,Wild West” bio-hazard suits so they could bring it to the indians?
Copperdomebodhi over 14 years ago
NFP: It wouldn’t have been that hard to find a smallpox survivor who could handle the blankets without getting sick.
Check the “Straight Dope” link below. Col. Henry Bouquet is quoted as writing in a letter dated July 13, 1763: “P.S. I will try to inocculate the Indians by means of Blankets that may fall in their hands, taking care however not to get the disease myself. ”
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1088/did-whites-ever-give-native-americans-blankets-infected-with-smallpox
It’s clear from the rest of the letter than by “inocculate”, he meant “infect”.
In fairness, it should be noted that it can’t be proven that whites actually did give smallpox-infected blankets to Indians - only that they planned to, and that there’s no reason to think they didn’t, and that they showed “Christian restraint” by not going along with others who wanted full-on genocide immediately.
This is American history, people. For all of their lectures about “plain facts”, conservatives are awfully resistant to facts that don’t fit their fantasies of pure and noble colonists vs. filthy, satanic savages.
Jason Allen over 14 years ago
Stripe, you are correct that I did not read the /entire/ Bible. There is still a book or two that I haven’t read. The difference is that I don’t consider myself a Christian. You, Warrior, and others do. I’ve heard all to often by “Christians” who act holier than everyone else is the phrase “I know what I know.” What you /don’t/ know is many things God commands you to do or not do. You, Warrior, and others look down on the rest of us for not following the Bible, but you’re just as guilty.
BTW, I’ve never really cared for Dio. Heavy metal is not my thing.
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
Anticipated reaction of small-pox survivor to “infected” blankets: “Ewww! Burn that and the house the people lived in…” We know Liberal humanists in an effort to sully and debunk accepted American traditions and history - and ultimately it’s founding beliefs -have resorted to historical revisionism in the past. More plausible is the extinction of the American Bison to deprive native americans of their typical food source and thereby limit there territory and ultimately encourage assimilation and even genocide is a definite possibility. Yet the spurious “fact” portrayed in this political cartoon doesn’t EVEN come close or tattempt to explain the hostilities and conflicts between the native and immigrant American populations. But since it it hateful and demeaning to White European American History it is accepted and defended by the marxists on this board and in the real world. “Captain, where should I put this pox-infected blanket?”
Jason Allen over 14 years ago
Blah, blah, blah, Stripe. You’ve ranted about it all before. You think you’re better than the gays because they violate a couple of passages in the Bible. So do you, Pat Robertson, the Pope, and every other Christian. Your sins may be different, but they’re sins none the less. You’re not any better than the gays and you’ll go to Hell just the same. If not following the Bible means going to Hell, then /everyone/ is on their way. Get over it already.
comYics over 14 years ago
God said that the land will prosper where the people fear God.
Look at the Middle East, sand desolate. Israel stoomped by the heathans(reprobates, arrogant, destructive). Lands will prosper without the Godless Islamists.
Every president since Harry S. Truman has utilized a National Day of Prayer, until Barack Obama, who opted out. He did manage to celebrate Ramadan and bow to mecca in the white house. There is no doubt, that Barack Obama is a muslim worshipper.
If you truely want to understand how come the USA is in a depressed mood throughout america, a vexed people with many problems that arent getting solved, and wont until a God fearing President is elected, you now understand that it is because of that, Barack Obama worships mohammed, a murderer, liar, thief, that only intends to kill steal and destroy as practiced in their ungodly book called the koran.
Egypt was once a Christian country. It only took 4000 muslims to convert new Egyptians and become the promonent religion in Egypt. Protestant and Catholic, and Baptist are all considered one religion, Christianity, followers of Christ. There is no need for divisions among Christians. Traditions are the only thing that sets these titles apart. Muslims have announced jihad against America. Jihad is a spiritual warfare used by islamists to try and take over nations and subject nations to submit to islamic ways. Words, little attention getters here and there with bombings, killings, ways to get peoples attention, to cause people to fear. Mohammad taught his followers to harm others, to lie, to enforce his ways upon people that dont agree with him in order to take over power of them. It is an anti peace, anti love, anti American, anti Christ way of thinking, the koran.
Here is a site from a believer in God that is very interesting. http://www.americanminute.com/ If you go through the subjects on the right column of this site you will notice the topics that are discussed, and hopefully, as I have, enjoy his enthusiasm and conviction. May God bless.
Dtroutma over 14 years ago
“Y” does stupidity exist?
A lot of Hindus question nature, and have some “strange” rules. Buddhists question reality, and the rational thought possibilities in “Man”, and see divinity in all things in the universe. Islam, Judaism, Christianity ALL THREE worship ONE GOD, the GOD OF ABRAHAM- get over it folks!
The “one” religion in Christianity IS divided by over 38,000 denominations- simple fact. (some claim Jesus IS God, others that he is the SON of God) Judaism is divided, not totally united. Islam is divided, not united.
European occupation of the Americas, Polynesia, and southeast Asia was massive genocide- period. Centuries of the Inquisition spread “faith” in the blood of resistors. Islam conquered Europe (mostly - for a while) with conquest, but considerably more “humanity” than the Inquisition.
Today stories surface of men claiming PTSD as an “insanity” that CAUSED them to commit crimes. I know how PTSD CAN affect behavior- TO A DEGREE- but morality, not based on any faith other than lessons learned, does NOT ALLOW me to bring undeserved violence on another. PTSD is a form of “insanity”, very similar in its impacts to UNQUESTIONED religious faith. What separates “Man” from the lower creatures is indeed that ability to QUESTION, and NOT accept “faith” as “absolute truth”.
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
I can put it back…I had no idea I had such a rabid fan base. I pulled it because I didn’t want to give PTSD-sufferers anything more to worry about…But I did like that part about our “leaders” and “shepherds” being negligent overseers…
parkersinthehouse over 14 years ago
wow mr alcaraz checked in! how cool is that? happy belated tg to you too guy!
4uk4ata over 14 years ago
Thingie, good point. Just because other people have been *holes throughout history doesn’t mean it’s a-ok. I mean, we’ve only been cheating, raping, murdering and plundering each other since the Stone Age, but it’s not exactly legal, is it?
Well, maybe except plundering. That one’s always a hit with the kiddies.