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happyslug

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69. The only report of giving small pox blankets to Native Americas was by a BRITISH GENERAL
Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:33 PM
Mar 2013

General Amherst made that recommendation in the 1760s. It appears Americans OPPOSED the plan, for most knew how Small Pox Spread, and that it spread rapidly between Native American and White populations.

A Young American Officer on The Staff of General Amherst, by the name of George Washington, would later make the US Army the first Army in the world 100% vaccinated against Small Pox. Washington knew Amherst (who was by the Revolution Commander in Chief of the entire British Army, but remain in Britain for the duration of the Revolution) and suspected he would try it against US Forces thus his insistence to vaccinate all soldiers.

I get sick and tired of the Small Pox allegations against Americans, the only evidence of it being done was by British Troops, and that Americans OPPOSED the policy (and the policy died for lack of volunteers to handle the blankets).

As to treaties with the Native Americans, several are still enforced. No new treaties were entered into after 1867, but pre-existing treaties are still the law of the land

Parts of the Laramie Treaty of 1868 is still enforce by terms of a 1980 US Supreme Court Decision:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)

Other treaties are still in forced. Most reservations are set by Treaty,

Paper that these Treaties, even of old, are still valid:
http://thorpe.ou.edu/cohen/3cohen33.pdf

FYI WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #1
RawStory has permission to post Guardian articles not unlike ABC posting AP articles. Here is Purveyor Mar 2013 #8
Aaaaahhhh... WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #10
Oh well. Too bad for the U.N. n/t Downtown Hound Mar 2013 #2
That should make American conservatives want to legalize it. Scuba Mar 2013 #3
But if Obama backs legalization Ezlivin Mar 2013 #4
What else can be done to help explode their heads? LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #38
The republicans I know favor legalization Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #53
Oh, teh irony! bluedigger Mar 2013 #5
Exactly what I was thinking! Dustlawyer Mar 2013 #7
yes this will cause some confusion Enrique Mar 2013 #21
Message auto-removed Bashaer Mar 2013 #39
Bwahahhahaaa! cyberswede Mar 2013 #41
There are people christx30 Mar 2013 #42
Message auto-removed Bashaer Mar 2013 #49
If conservatives want to limit abortion and gay marriage, OGKush Mar 2013 #73
Check out the christx30 Mar 2013 #75
I can't argue with you at all. N/t OGKush Mar 2013 #77
Each side christx30 Mar 2013 #78
Exactly. I don't want people telling me what is good for me. OGKush Mar 2013 #80
Soda size, drugs, and guns seem to be the most common. ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #81
Your right iandhr Mar 2013 #50
Using alcohol can kill you. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #6
Drug cartels are now funding the UN since we don't pay what we're supposed to. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #25
Big tax bucks on booze ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #28
BTW Nixon installed the first "drug czar" and he created the "war on drugs". xtraxritical Mar 2013 #72
Why is MJ still a schedule 1 drug, and why is alcohol not on ANY schedule? AAO Mar 2013 #34
As I said in another post in this thread - taxes ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #74
They can't tax what you grow in your backyard. AAO Mar 2013 #85
What goes on in the U.S. stays in the U.S. - Tough shit U.N. socialindependocrat Mar 2013 #9
What about Spain and Portgegul where it's already legal? n/t EC Mar 2013 #11
Right on roxy1234 Mar 2013 #46
it's not legal, just tolerated green for victory Mar 2013 #52
Portugal decriminalized, not legalized. RainDog Mar 2013 #47
And ex-DEA goons are whining about it too arcane1 Mar 2013 #12
I must have missed maindawg Mar 2013 #13
Because Portugal, Geneva, Iran, North Korea, Nepal,Pakistan, Spain, Switzerland, and Uruguay AAO Mar 2013 #35
Exactly. silverweb Mar 2013 #43
Read their reports. The INCB criticizes anybody who deviates from prohibitionist orthodoxy. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #62
From the New Maine Times: Revanchist Mar 2013 #67
This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Mar 2013 #14
"we've signed treaties" - oh wow that should do it . . ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #30
We gave warm blankets to the natives of the old west. Good quality too. AAO Mar 2013 #36
I know all about that ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #64
Of course I know all that - and another Bush will be president over my dead body AAO Mar 2013 #65
The only report of giving small pox blankets to Native Americas was by a BRITISH GENERAL happyslug Mar 2013 #69
I would love that to be true! AAO Mar 2013 #83
Small Pox was highly contagious, you had problem with people taking in their own family members.. happyslug Mar 2013 #84
I'm always amazed at how these "disclosures" occur after the fact. Trillo Mar 2013 #15
How much illegal liquor is coming ashore? SCVDem Mar 2013 #16
and maindawg Mar 2013 #17
There must be a back story to this which we are not hearing yet. GoneFishin Mar 2013 #18
Didn't international drug policy start in the US? felix_numinous Mar 2013 #19
well doh! ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #31
DING DING DING!!!! AAO Mar 2013 #37
Raymond Yanz, Narc of the Earth Enrique Mar 2013 #20
He looks like John Bolton's drug rehabed younger brother. marble falls Mar 2013 #23
I wouldn't be a bit surprised Matariki Mar 2013 #22
Yeah, "Criminals In America" for one. AAO Mar 2013 #40
just because one person or a group John2 Mar 2013 #24
The legal system here on earth think Mar 2013 #26
Let's be paranoid. US feds, "convince" UN to raise issue, giving US Feds "permission"... TheMadMonk Mar 2013 #27
Yeah. I have heard the black helicopter nonsense too. GoneFishin Mar 2013 #32
This won't be popular here, but fuck the UN Ter Mar 2013 #29
I like the UN, but this is not the role it should be playing. loudsue Mar 2013 #86
aahhhhhhh... SHADAPPPPP! AAO Mar 2013 #33
Perhaps a consideration of the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence will help: freshwest Mar 2013 #44
This is the INCB. It's their job to hector countries that want to reform drug laws. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #45
Removing cannabis from the controlled substances act is the way to go RainDog Mar 2013 #48
Did they get on Portugal's case when Portugal decriminalized drugs? Canuckistanian Mar 2013 #51
The UN is nothing but toothless pomp and circumstance where tyrants outvote democracies. Kurska Mar 2013 #54
I'm starting to see the conservative's point about the UN. n/t Tempest Mar 2013 #55
Is there a formal study that supports this claim? blackspade Mar 2013 #56
oh no's...the conservatives are going to get so confused Fresh_Start Mar 2013 #57
the UN agrees with them- and Eric Holder green for victory Mar 2013 #60
Many conservatives are for legalisation - truedelphi Mar 2013 #63
medical marijuana Buffalo Bull Mar 2013 #58
"a threat to public health and safety" unlike the cholera outbreak YOU caused and refuse to fix. DRoseDARs Mar 2013 #59
The hard-dring drunk Raymond Yans should go fuck himself! GreenTea Mar 2013 #61
Never thought I'd say this, but FUCK THE UN! FiveGoodMen Mar 2013 #66
Had I been around, I would have said the same thing in 1948...eom Purveyor Mar 2013 #71
I agree with you, having thought highly of the UN in the past, they don't trump democracy Uncle Joe Mar 2013 #82
So? bemildred Mar 2013 #68
Too fucking bad. nt hack89 Mar 2013 #70
Did all the genocides stop??? Kalidurga Mar 2013 #76
Well, then let them send the lads in the powder blue helmets to enforce geek tragedy Mar 2013 #79
Something is not right about this. Quantess Mar 2013 #87
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