Australian researchers lay bare bloody history of colonial massacres

[Bluespunk]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Of course it doesn't justify anything.

However, for most of mankind's existence, life has been brutish, horrible and short. Once we have overpopulated ourselves to the extent with which we are trying, life may again become horrible and short. Modern man can not compare what happened hundreds of years ago to what happens now, or will happen in the future. Life without genocide and massacres has only existed for a blink in the existence of humanity.

That changes nothing I’ve said or how I feel. 

 

I completly disagree with the the sentiment of your post on a personal level. 

[sirineou]

5 hours ago, lannarebirth said:

I'm sorry that you couldn't understand my post. Frankly, having read your posts previously I'd have credited you with greater comprehension skills, if not pespicacity.

 

 

I appreciate your concern  but such concern does litle toward assisting those  suffering from what we hope to be a temporary case of "perspicacity" in understanding your post  , If you could take the time to clarify it would be greatly appreciated.

[thaibeachlovers]

6 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

That changes nothing I’ve said or how I feel. 

 

I completly disagree with the the sentiment of your post on a personal level. 

As is your right.

However, I do not feel there is any benefit to be gained from being angry about the English being nasty to my forbears, and there is a time to move on with all tragedies, including the OP.

By all means, deal with what is wrong today, but 200 years is too long ago to still be anguished about it.

[Bluespunk]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

As is your right.

However, I do not feel there is any benefit to be gained from being angry about the English being nasty to my forbears, and there is a time to move on with all tragedies, including the OP.

By all means, deal with what is wrong today, but 200 years is too long ago to still be anguished about it.

I am always angry about genocide. 

[pornprong]

On 7/27/2018 at 9:47 PM, starky said:

If a massacre is only 6 people then I would be more concerned about the " massacres" that happen world wide every day than what happened 200 years ago. Also if indigenous populations are so angry at settlers than they should forgo all welfare, housing, transport, medical and anything else that was introduced by the Europeans including alcohol tobacco and medicines then.

Give back their land and I'm sure they'd take the deal.

[thaibeachlovers]

7 hours ago, pornprong said:

Give back their land and I'm sure they'd take the deal.

The problem with that is that it wasn't so much "owned" as "occupied". I am not familiar with aboriginal history, but in most primitive societies, land was only occupied as long as the tribe was strong enough to keep it. If a stronger tribe conquered the weaker tribe, the land went to the victors.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the occupation by the British, they were the stronger tribe.

[gk10002000]

On 7/27/2018 at 1:42 AM, robblok said:

Almost every country has done some bad things in the past, the Dutch in Indonesia and other place, the Americans, wiping out the native Americans (one of the first times where disease was used to kill giving infected blankets to the native Americans). The Belgians in the Kongo, the Germans and French and Italians in their colonies.  But if you go back even further then almost all bigger empires are build by conquest it was the norm back then. So do we still have to feel guilty that is the question. Not so sure as I as a Dutch guy feel not responsible for what others have done in the past. 

well put.  I myself am a second generation immigrant born in the USA.  My grandparents came from greece.  I was born and raised in the northeast USA.  born in 57 things seemed pretty quiet and normal.  I remember in the late 60s and into the 70s the black and white tensions, the combat zone in Boston, and in a few places over they years i got some heat for being a white guy.  Hey, I had nothing to do with slavery, nor did any of my relatives.  I served in the USAF and signed on the dotted line to serve and protect the constitution.