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if Native Americans are only now begining to complain about their rights being taken away, because a law was passed stripping the rights of their settler/conque

if Native Americans are only now begining to complain about their rights being taken away, because a law was passed stripping the rights of their settler/conquerors, they're probably a few hundred years too late, and badly misdirected. A more apt comparison would be the natives taking the Great Treaty of 1722 (or its violations) to be the reason why the United States is illegitimate as a country. That might actually be an interesting argument.

kbenson 11y ago
> if Native Americans are only now begining to complain about their rights being taken away That wasn't really the point of my argument, which was hypothetical, and to match the situation in Israel would mean that Native Americans would have always had a somewhat similar stance as the theoretical one presented. I'm not trying to mix current Native American sentiment into the discussion. > A more apt comparison... That depends on your goal. Mine was to provide a hypothetical but somewhat equivalent situation to possibly put your statement in a new perspective. > That might actually be an interesting argument. It probably is, but I'm inadequately educated on the topic currently to make any useful arguments in any direction on that. :/