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raymr 02-08-2008 03:33 PM
Where did the white man go wrong?
 
Indian Chief 'Two Eagles' was asked by a white government official,
'You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done.'

The Chief nodded in agreement.
The official continued, 'Considering all these events, in your opinion,? where did the white man go wrong?'

The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied. 'When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water.
Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.'

Then the chief leaned back and smiled. 'Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.'

Dee8go 02-08-2008 03:35 PM
Good one, Raymr!

LUVMBDiesels 02-08-2008 03:40 PM
Oh man it is TRUE!!!:eek:

LaRondo 02-08-2008 03:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by raymr (Post 1757165)
Indian Chief 'Two Eagles' was asked by a white government official,
'You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done.'

The Chief nodded in agreement.
The official continued, 'Considering all these events, in your opinion,? where did the white man go wrong?'

The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied. 'When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water.
Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.'

Then the chief leaned back and smiled. 'Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.'
Right.

Mistress 02-08-2008 03:44 PM
that's great.

engatwork 02-08-2008 05:40 PM
America was a great place to live until the white man came and wanted to start paying for everything.

On the other hand I have heard that the average life span back then was only around 47 years old.

Botnst 02-08-2008 06:05 PM
I'd rather have a little bit of something special than a whole lot of nothing much.

cmac2012 02-08-2008 06:21 PM
Yeah? Well, the American continent circa 1500 had natural wealth to shame what we have now.

Uno mass, what is wealth?

Botnst 02-08-2008 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by cmac2012 (Post 1757322)
Yeah? Well, the American continent circa 1500 had natural wealth to shame what we have now.

Uno mass, what is wealth?
What you have and I want, but don't have.

You have some pretty glass beads and I have a continent full of trees. Can we make a deal?

raymr 02-08-2008 07:07 PM
It's definitely food for thought, as we become more tied into the grid, the web, cable, iThis, and all the various supply lines of daily living. Only nature can provide perfection.

Idolotor 02-08-2008 07:31 PM
Nature is far from perfection. Natural does not equal perfect. Many "natural" things are imperfect.

POS 02-08-2008 07:47 PM
White man also cured diseases, created a higher quality of life, created machines that think, gave us more time with our families, made travel faster and safer, and made the human race more efficient - maybe too efficient.

t walgamuth 02-08-2008 07:53 PM
All dubious improvments.

The white man brought diseases that the red men were extremely susceptable to. By the time the white men moved west to inhabit the interior in quantities the population of the red men was reduced by as much as 80% by some estimates by disease.....that was before we started shooting them and the buffalo that they depended on.

Actually I think the average life was possibly more like 37.

Tom W

Medmech 02-08-2008 08:30 PM
I think beaver gets better everyday.

Botnst 02-08-2008 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by t walgamuth (Post 1757376)
All dubious improvments.

The white man brought diseases that the red men were extremely susceptable to. By the time the white men moved west to inhabit the interior in quantities the population of the red men was reduced by as much as 80% by some estimates by disease.....that was before we started shooting them and the buffalo that they depended on.

Actually I think the average life was possibly more like 37.

Tom W
Vice your versas, too. Death and disease and noxious pests have traveled across the Atlantic from West to East, too.

Then there's the world famous Black Death that came from China across Asia to Europe and is endemic in the SW USA.

Tracing diseases reveals greater complexity than one might suspect at first glance.

B


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