Canceresque Conservatives are threatening America

[opihimoimoi]

and the world with the sickness they have.

Everything they do is not good for the long term health of the world, only them.

They eat other cancers like Saddam but that don mean the Conservatives are not cancerous themselves, tis only a distraction.

They are not healthy for us Americans and its gone Ebolaesque/

Come, we find the Doctor Dean

[chadm]

1. I like that.

Human race as cancer is a good analogy. Conservatives are a bit worse than the rest of us...but all cultures decending from Europe (cultures of land ownership, capitalism) are a cancer on the world.

[chesley]

2. That was,

in my humble opinion, about as racist a statement as I have ever seen on this board. Do you care to expalin further why European cultures are worse han those that practice, or have practiced, cannibalism (i.e., American Indians including Aztecs, Anasazi, etc., people in the Congo and the South Pacific Islands), head-hunting (South American Indians, people of Malaysian descent), female genital mutilation (Somalis, other Islamic cultures), slavery (just about the entire world, but let's concentrate on Africa and the Middle East)??

capitalism and land-owner ship, whatever their faults, and they definitely have them, are nothing compared to these practices. They permit the elimiantion of these plagues upon humanity by increasing the economic rpoduction of a nation. Do you think slavery would not exist if it was economically viable. I'd be willing to place money on a bet that it would.

So criticize capitalism all you want, but lay off the racist nonsense.

[Cha]

4. Yeah, we shouldn't generalize!

[thermodynamic]

5. Are you being racist?

Native Americans (what you call "American Indians") are not just one lump sum group. There were SEVERAL different tribes, each with its own different style. Some peaceful unless threatened, some generally warlike. Lumping them all together is not a very bright thing to do.

Some Native American tribes were indeed peaceful (but I'll admit I'm being racist for not remembering the specific tribal names right now). That should be the type of society that humankind adopt if it really was respectful.

And, by the way, the Aztecs lived in a land which became Mexico after the Spanish Conquistadores slaughtered them and destroyed their culture, varied as it was in terms of being civil... I didn't know the Aztecs were cannibals (ignorance on my part), but their religion requiring human sacrifice was a bit barbaric...

[thermodynamic]

3. Certain types of humans aren't bad!

Certain Native American tribes were advanced and peaceful AND respected the Earth of which they lived.

That's the type of society we ought to be striving for.

They will ALWAYS be the most advanced culture despite our technological prowess.

[chesley]

6. To answer

the comments posed to my comment.

Native Americans, or American Indians, are not just one lump sum group. However, many of them practiced cannablism, and other barbaric practices such as raiding for women. this is not a simple criticism of them, early Europeans did the same. I am, however, not quite sure which tribes were the "peaceful" ones. They must be extinct.

I am also unaware of which tribes actually lived in harmony with Mother Nature, as opposed to claiming that they did. Archaeological evidence shows that where the Naative Americans had towns and cities, as opposed to villages, they wreaked ecological devastation. That is, just as they were coming out of tribalism, they started changing the enviroment to suit themselves better.

Did you ever wonder why the mammoth, gian sloth, saber-toothed cat, etc, all went extinct just about the time that the Native Americans arived on the continent?? Does driving whole herds of mammoths and bison off cliffs make ecoligical sense when all you want is a couple of nights dinners?? Just a thought before you start idolizing other cultures.

We are all human, and none of us is perfect, nor are our cultures. But some cultures do provide more for its members than do others. Does this make them "better"? I don't know, you decide

[opihimoimoi]

7. The Conservative Right Wing Tribe is the infectious agent

not those native guys

Come, Dr Dean has been located.