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I find that history interesting. What absurd path? I honestly don't understand what you are getting at.

senorjazz 10y ago
Not the op, but I think they mean by "absurb path" that if the land is taken from the Sioux and given back to the Arikara/Sahnish because the Sioux took it violently, there might be quite a lot of other US land that has to be given back as that too was taken violently.
malandrew 10y ago
The absurd path of the court of public opinion and a cultural marxist framed discussion of the "oppressed vs oppressors". Protesting on land that is currently recognized as private land is depriving its owners of its use. If the ownership is in dispute, the venue to resolve that dispute is in the courts. Literally no one cared about the land until a pipeline was going to be placed on it. FWIW, my original source for this information is a friend who is 1/4 Sioux and thinks the protest is absurd. I've fact checked his claim. The Sioux only occupied the land east of the Missouri river in pre-contact America. The Arikara/Sahnish were agrarian people driven off their land by the Sioux.
- omegaworks 10y ago
  The problem with going to court is precedent. The Sioux don't want the court to rule in favor of the government. That would set precedent about the government's ability to force the exchange of native land for fiat currency. The problem is that in the west private ownership carries with it a right to destroy. If the army corps wanted to build a wind farm on the plot, there wouldn't be a problem. They want to build an oil pipeline over the water supply. If a disaster were to occur, there is court precedent for abdicating the company of any responsibility for cleanup.[0] The present administration's Indian Affairs appointee wants to preserve this privatization agenda at all costs[1], so there's even less likely recourse if damages should occur. 0. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-28/india/32456094_1_ucil-union-carbide-india-ucc http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-28/india... 1. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tribes-insight-idUSKBN13U1B1 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tribes-insight-i...

Not the op, but I think they mean by "absurb path" that if the land is taken from the Sioux and given back to the Arikara/Sahnish because the Sioux took it violently, there might be quite a lot of other US land that has to be given back as that too was taken violently.

malandrew 10y ago

The absurd path of the court of public opinion and a cultural marxist framed discussion of the "oppressed vs oppressors". Protesting on land that is currently recognized as private land is depriving its owners of its use. If the ownership is in dispute, the venue to resolve that dispute is in the courts. Literally no one cared about the land until a pipeline was going to be placed on it. FWIW, my original source for this information is a friend who is 1/4 Sioux and thinks the protest is absurd. I've fact checked his claim. The Sioux only occupied the land east of the Missouri river in pre-contact America. The Arikara/Sahnish were agrarian people driven off their land by the Sioux.

omegaworks 10y ago
The problem with going to court is precedent. The Sioux don't want the court to rule in favor of the government. That would set precedent about the government's ability to force the exchange of native land for fiat currency. The problem is that in the west private ownership carries with it a right to destroy. If the army corps wanted to build a wind farm on the plot, there wouldn't be a problem. They want to build an oil pipeline over the water supply. If a disaster were to occur, there is court precedent for abdicating the company of any responsibility for cleanup.[0] The present administration's Indian Affairs appointee wants to preserve this privatization agenda at all costs[1], so there's even less likely recourse if damages should occur. 0. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-28/india/32456094_1_ucil-union-carbide-india-ucc http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-28/india... 1. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tribes-insight-idUSKBN13U1B1 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tribes-insight-i...