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Makah's do it again!!!
Intruder:
The whole subject of Native/Indian rights is certainly very emotional and volatile. I've been reluctant to chime in because it gets me pretty riled up.
I'm a fair man and I try to respect the culture and history of everyone I know. That doesn't mean I don't have faults nor am I immune from prejudice (no one is). But having said that I can tell you regardless of what injustices happened to anyone or anyone's family the old adage 2 wrongs don't make a right still holds true. There is certainly alot to admire about Indian culture, as there is with all cultures. But there's also things to deplore as there is with all cultures.
All I can say is it's a damn shame that we're in the 21st Century and there is whole segment of American society that have legal privileges that exceed those of the rest of the citezens. Screwing the majority to try and compensate the few for injustices they experienced over a century ago really makes no sense. It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with common sense. I would feel just the same regardless of the group. No one deserves to have more legal privilege in the USA than anyone else... end of story.
Hermit:
Good points. They get all the game, all the clams, all the fish. We should open season on Casinos.
Jerbear:
I never have been in one of their casinos and never will. It would be like telling them I approve of their rape of the resources.
What a shame the whale they killed took 10 hours to die. Such humanitarians.
billythekidrock:
--- Quote ---What a shame the whale they killed took 10 hours to die. Such humanitarians.
--- End quote ---
I don't agree with dual rights and all the benefits they get, but the slow death was not their fault. The article I read said that the Coasties would not let them finish it off and were the ones to let it sink.
Jerbear:
I am not sure what the final hours were about, who caused it and why the 10 hour dying period. Bottom line. They made an illegal kill in the first place.
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