Re: Letter-to-the-Editor

skenn_ie wrote:

Well now, cionsidering that the US of A was built on taking whatever
people wanted, if necessary, by force. The Europeans slaughtered the
native Americanss, then herded, and coralled them in the worst areas,
invaded Mexico, then anexed the best bits..Texas, and S CA, they
walzed into Hawaii, and claimed it as theirs. The only bit the
aquired legitimately was Alaska, which they bought from Russia.


Are the schools really that bad in Ireland, or are you just an
exceptionally ignorant example of your homeland?


They imported african labour, then(and still) a good chunk of the
population of European origin want them to go back.


Damn, you really are ignorant. The British, and Irish ship's
captains sailed to Africa to sell their goods. They were traded for
slaves captured by warring tribes, because that was what they were
offered. They sailed to what became the United States of America and
traded the slaves to British plantation owners for raw cotton, which
went back to England to be separated, combed, made into thread, and
woven into cloth. Then they repeated the cycle. The slaves were the
fault of the warring tribes, and the British government's greed. Then
they left their mess for us to deal with.

BTW: Any of the slaves the warring African tribes couldn't trade to
the British were slaughtered, rather then fed and clothed. Tell us,
which was worse? having your throat slit, or being shipped somewhere
else and allowed to live?


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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