Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of |
| From | TradeSurplus |
| Date | 2002-04-16 21:28 (2002-04-16 21:28) |
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Russ wrote ...
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"TradeSurplus" <tradesurplus@hotmail.com>writes:TradeSurplus
But Russ's original point is that almost every people and nation colonized other peoples. That point is false, which is what I
No it's not. That's what I've been saying in my last few posts. Peoples, cultures and nations are not identical to their ancestors. For example, few Norwegians nowadays murder, pillage and rape up and down the coasts of Europe from their warships. Norwegians are _not_ vikings. They may have evolved from Vikings. Their ancestors may be vikings. But modern Norwegians are not vikings. Modern Norwegians are native to their rocky bit of coast. They developed as a people there. They do not inherit the guilt of their viking ancestors for driving out whoever was there before them.saying.Russ
But it's true. Virtually all people have replaced other people in their current location.
Your claim that all peoples, cultures and nations are colonizers is wrong.
So firstly, Israeli settlers are not doing what "everyone" else did before them. And secondly, you cannot justify a crime simply on the grounds that some others have also committed that crime. "Your honour, I object to this indictment for murder on the grounds that Jack the Ripper already murdered someone in 1890."
Colonization is evil. The Israeli settlers are committing an evil act. They should be stopped.
Trade.
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