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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (1468)	4/21/2000 3:35:00 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

On that page you will find an url labelled 'Fray Bartolom‚ de las Casas', click it, you get this - newadvent.org He wrote a collection of works now known as 'Las L grimas de los Indios', 'The Tears of the Indians' .... it is imho absolutely fundamental to an understanding of latinos, of La Raza C¢smica of Vasconcelos, to begin with this book ... the story hasn't really changed all that much, just the names and faces ... Cuba, among many other places, has never been permitted to know democracy, and you'd have a hard time convincing me that those dictators-in-waiting in Miami would permit it. I'd forgotten how virulent was the church slant on the good Fray - "The laws of the Indies were gradually modified so as to afford the necessary protection to the natives without injuring too much the interests of the settlers. But the bitterness of Las Casas grew with age. In 1552 there appeared in print his "Brev¡sima Relacion de la Destruycion de las Indias", a most injudicious book, glaringly partial, based upon testimony often very impeachable and always highly coloured. That so passionate and one-sided a document should have been published with the permission of the authorities argues a broad tolerance on the part of the Spanish Government..." What a crock ... 'settlers' my arse, they were murdering thieving slavemasters ... propaganda is certainly not a new thing, is it.