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No, they say, we killed way more buffalo than whites ever did. In total over time, maybe. However, it is pretty clear who got the number of bison to less than
by lotsofmangos 12y ago
No, they say, we killed way more buffalo than whites ever did.
In total over time, maybe. However, it is pretty clear who got the number of bison to less than 600 in the 19th century.
- mc32 12y agoThat may or may not be true, but it's not the substance. The point was that FNs resent being caricatured into something they aren't. They are normal human beings capable of the same things (good and horrible) as any other human being, as an individual and society.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoFair point, I was being pernickety. I was not meaning it in terms of the Europeans being less moral, just that the Europeans had more effective tools for bison slaughter and when it got competitive, well, the results speak for themselves. - http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/waite/environmental/untitled.jpg http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/waite/environmental/untitled.jpg
- swatow 12y agoBut the post you were replying to stated >Truth is that American's ancestors where quite genocidal among other things. To the point of almost exterminating most of North America's population. Just like the Buffalo. If the point about the buffalo is correct, then how does this post otherwise misrepresent Native Americans? It seems like you latched onto this mention of buffalo to make a completely unrelated point about Native Americans.
- coldtea 12y ago>They are normal human beings capable of the same things (good and horrible) as any other human being, as an individual and society Of course they are. We shouldn't use this to neutralize who did the really horrible things to whom though. They were the victims here.