Blankets

[David Casseres]

Matthew Weiner sez
>I don't approve of outright nonsense and lying being passed off as mere
>distortions and embellishments.  Nor of the guts of the song being passed
>off as "some details" along the way, now that they've been found baldly
>inaccurate.

...and a lot of other stuff.

I was going to stay out of this but I really do have to point out that 
what you have is some evidence that in one place, at one time, a couple 
of Army types apparently gave a couple of infected blankets to some 
Indians.  To try to pass this off as evidence that no Indians anywhere, 
at any time, were ever given quantities of infected blankets in exchange 
for land is grossly irresponsible.

Your use of the words "baldly inaccurate" is just plain bullshit.  All 
you're really saying is, "if I can't find a written record of it, not 
only did it never happen but any poetic assertion of it is outright 
nonsense and lying."  Rilly, Matthew.



Cheers,
David