Herero latest

[jody boy]

 I think it is pretty clear, and that bringing up the divisions,
infighting and betrayal among the Herero amounts to a false
equivalence.

I'm not insinuating that you endorse or excuse the genocide in any
way, but each of those examples you listed are unique. Lumping them
together rubs salt in the wounds of the victims.

On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Gotcha. All clear now.
>
> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 8:42 PM, jody boy <jodys.gone2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is an example of white European Christians travelling thousands
>> of miles to the homeland of native Africans, colonizing it, and then
>> rounding up the natives and systematically exterminating them. The
>> only complexity about this is the twisted, convoluted arguments about
>> why they did it, and why they should not be held accountable.
>>
>> "Oh, but it's more complicated than that..."  I'm reminded of
>> Archduke Ferdinand playing the dozens. Oh, and his trophy's- if he
>> even bothered to have the carcasses stuffed- littering the plains. Or,
>> those brave "souls" riding along
>> on the first transcontinental railroad shooting the buffalo until
>> their fingers got tired.
>>
>> Let's get real here, and not obfuscate like the ink of a white octopus.
>>
>> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:55 AM, e tb <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Salt in old wounds: What Germany owes Namibia | The Economist
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21721918-saying-sorry-atrocities-century-ago-has-so-far-made-matters-worse-what
>> -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>
>
-
Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l