> Parent poster is possibly from a generation which has been taught that asking questions is an offense, so I will forgive them for responding with hostility.

> Parent poster is possibly from a generation which has been taught that asking questions is an offense, so I will forgive them for responding with hostility. Your condescension is ill placed. Questions can very much be offensive, let me give you another example: "Are Jews really related to people? Because if they're not then I really don't see the fuss about this Holocaust thing." See how that's offensive? > As a European American I obviously am interested in understanding how the world views the rights my children might have to the land in which they will be born Your children will and should have exactly the same rights as anybody else born there. This does not erase the genocide of the American Indians or the obligation of the US (perpetually unacknowledged) to offer reparations and dignity to the remaining populations. > As the descendants of conquerors, I am compelled by circumstances to believe "might makes right" or else I would have to consider returning to the land to which I have ancient connections. I don't see how yours can be a reasonable position. If we start accepting "might makes right" just to excuse the atrocities committed by our ancestors we will regress back to early modernity, before things like the universal human rights, self-determination etc. You don't need to return any land and you don't need to claim ancient connections (which you probably don't have anyway). Your rights stem from the basic fact that you're a human being. If let's say another imperialist nation (e.g. China, since the yellow peril is en vogue again) would invade the US and exterminate the existing population justice would and should be on your side. It shouldn't be "might makes right", right?