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Originally posted by: die-jarjar-die
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
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"Oh my Gosh! Yes let's blame the white man for the worlds problems. We caucasians are the cause of evil on Earth."

Strangely enough I can imagine that there are probably millions of people, not in the Western world, that agree with that statement!

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"Also you have to remember that the many times attacks against indians were caused when Indians attacked first."

Not suggesting that there wasn't inter-tribe warfare, just don't think it was on quite the same scale as the white settlers attacks

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"And yes, they do teach all of WWII in History. I wrote a report on WWII in the... er.. sixth grade I believe. Or maybe fourth...
And watching Pearl Harbor (it's been a while, Christmas Eve 2000, I think) never gave me the impression they were suggesting PH started the War."

Ok thanks for answering that one, as I stated in my post I was merely curious as to how WW2 was taught, not attacking you in any way, go back & re-read my post, as a non-American, who had relatives that died in WW2, one is curious as to how you lot over the pond are taught. I also stated that I DO REALISE it's just a movie & wanted to make sure that it was just instances of movie glorification and not subtle "correctings of history".

I am in no way insulting you or suggesting that what you state is right or wrong, I was merely offering some other instances of acts of genocide that appear to have been "brushed under the carpet" so to speak. I personally feel it is important that these acts of genocide, as well as the mass slaughter in WW2, even WW1, NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. Do we really want to repeat past events?

Just a couple more examples of genocide:

The eradication of the Aborigines in Australia (damn those pesky white men, they are so evil ), the atrocities commited by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in 1975. In more recent memory there has been the acts of genocide commited against the Kurds in Kosova!

Chaltab, don't take my comments personally, they are not personal attacks, if they were I'm sure you'd notice I'm almost playing Devil's Advocate with ya!

Regarding your comment above about white men being the evil of the world, well IMHO the white man, past & present, does have a lot to answer for, don't you think? By forgetting these events, because as you say, we are nothing to do with it, do you not think that we are blinding ourselves? Surely it is a great dishonour to simply forget these past crimes? Does it not bother you in the slightest that your distant anscestors were capable of such heinous acts? I know theres nothing we can do about it now, that's not the point, the point is that we can be best served by remembering past terrors and ensuring that OUR descendants don't repeat past mistakes.

Yes, it bothers me very much that they did what they did. But the individuals responsible are to blame, are they not? Can we blame all blacks for OJ Simpson killing his wife? Can we blame all Asians for the crimes of Kim Jong? Of course not. I find it offensive that many (and I am not saying you are doing this) try and take the crimes of certain individuals and blame them on a race or culture. That is what I want to avoid, and I hope you understand where I am coming from. There is an attempt by some in our "educational facilities" here in the USA to revise history and/or discredit America as a nation by pointing out atrocites like the fact that certain people massacred Indians. As if my generation is responsible for those deeds. I hope we can agree that modern Americans aren't responsible for those things.