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To: one_less who wrote (774135)	3/10/2014 6:44:09 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573433

Less, Even you seem to be coming around, though you still wont use the politically incorrect but accurate term ... Give me a break. "Genocide" is indeed a politically correct term, especially when it fits the agenda of the left. The only way to make it an "accurate" term is by extending the definition to a point where any racially violent action is deemed "genocide." If that's the case, then Japan ought to be prosecuted for genocide against Korea and parts of China during the pre-WWII occupations. Israel ought to be prosecuted for genocide against Palestinians. Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis ought to be guilty of "genocide" with all of their sectarian violence. Ethnic Hindus and Muslims in India, especially near the border with Pakistan, should all be convicted of "genocide." (And let's not get started with Africa.) I don't expect you to tell me the difference because you don't seem interested in discussing the crimes of conflict that are happening all over the world today. Because if you were, you would see how often your "definition" of genocide can be applied, which would then amount to a cheapening of the term. Tenchusatsu

To: one_less who wrote (774135)	3/21/2014 2:41:42 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 1573433

Hi one_less; Re Indian wars; A good read with a fair balance is "Empire of the Summer Moon" recently a NY Times best seller, it's about the rise and fall of the Commanche. The book claims that the Commanche were militarily impossible to defeat until the creation of the revolver: amazon.com Texas was the most interesting Commanche territory. They controlled it with a genocidal campaign against neighboring whites. Their depradations effected the Spanish and Mexicans so efficiently that they got as many Anglo settlers into Texas as possible, in order to create a buffer zone. Before the Commanches, Texas had been under the thumb of the Apaches. The Commanches drove them into New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico. There was a famous incident (Council House Fight, 1836) where the Texans agreed to a truce with the Commanche. An assumption of the agreement was that the Commanche would release the whites that they had kidnapped. Only one woman was released and she told of many other captives. But it was her treatment that started the war again. In addition to having been raped repeatedly, her nose had been burned off. The war continued until the 1870s. Military historians say that the weapon that defeated the Commanche was largely the invention of the Colt revolver. -- Carl