HAPPY indigenous people day!

[Tayasaurus]

I doubt the disease epidemic could have actually been intentional

Like, did the colonists actually say "Oh yeah let's weaponize our diseases!"

shhh shutup Dodger, just always remember that the white man is evil and stole their land ok

Indians were all peaceful and they didn't do anything to harm other people or even other tribes :( they're all wise intelligent people like Hollywood portrays them as.

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[Harm94]

it was nothing compared to what the colonials' diseases, and the colonials themselves, did

As far as diseases go, no one knew why people got sick or how they spread. To the Europeans if someone got sick, they thought they had been cursed by god or their blood was bad. They weren't forced on to the natives, but because of frequent contact they ended up getting easier spread. At the same time, the colonials received diseases that they had not encountered before.

The Colonials had the technology advantage and the numbers advantage. Europe was overcrowded, which meant they had a ton of people to ship over, plus they had had guns and the ability to establish larger settlements. Those larger settlements ate the much valuable resources the natives requires. Plus with those large concentrations of Europeans diseases were easier spread, which led to the once vast populations of natives to decline.

Many tribes did bad things to the Europeans, and the Europeans did bad things. It's just that were more Europeans commit more atrocities.

Actually both sides did equally horrific things. Stop with this victimizing bullstuff lol

This so much. While technically I could say I am part native American, I hate how this tumblerites use minorities as a springboard for complaining. "oh boo hoo, white people happened. evil white people". Yeah, well, minorities aren't your pets.

[Tayasaurus]

The only thing we can do is live in the now. Just keep treating each other equally as people and history is pretty easy to sweep under the rug. (unless you're in the middle east)

Or join your preferred political party and complain about it as often as possible. Land of the free guys

[Harm94]

I disagree. History is pretty important. If we don't teach it, it will probably repeat itself.

[Dodger]

History is important because we need another Bill and Ted movie

[Tayasaurus]

I disagree. History is pretty important. If we don't teach it, it will probably repeat itself.

Oh i didn't say not teach history. Its ok to know and learn about it and i agree with you there. Its HOW we teach and use it that matters

[Foxscotch]

I doubt the disease epidemic could have actually been intentional
Like, did the colonists actually say "Oh yeah let's weaponize our diseases!"

negligent homicide is still homicide, and morally wrong

As far as diseases go, no one knew why people got sick or how they spread. To the Europeans if someone got sick, they thought they had been cursed by god or their blood was bad. They weren't forced on to the natives, but because of frequent contact they ended up getting easier spread. At the same time, the colonials received diseases that they had not encountered before.

"It is believed likely that some form of inoculation was developed in India or China before the 16th century."
and white people came to america at the very beginning of the 16th century

[Harm94]

Oh i didn't say not teach history. Its ok to know and learn about it and i agree with you there. Its HOW we teach and use it that matters

If only we had tought it the right way tumblr sjws wouldn't exist and everyone would live in a golden age of peace and tolerance.

[Dodger]

negligent homicide is still homicide, and morally wrong"It is believed likely that some form of inoculation was developed in India or China before the 16th century."
and white people came to america at the very beginning of the 16th century

"Smallpox was responsible for 8% to 20% of all deaths in several European countries in the 18th century"

Do you seriously think that there was professional medical physicians that vaccinated everyone

As Harm said, the Europeans didn't know the effect of foreign disease on natives, how would they treat it in Natives if they can barely treat those in Europe?

[Tayasaurus]

If only we had tought it the right way tumblr sjws wouldn't exist and everyone would live in a golden age of peace and tolerance.

Nah they'd exist no matter what. Cus agenda and stuff

[Foxscotch]

"Smallpox was responsible for 8% to 20% of all deaths in several European countries in the 18th century"

ok? that doesn't mean we had no idea how it spread. outbreaks of diseases could still occur in modern times, too. in any case we know (and knew then) that immunity is in some form a thing and if we somehow managed to find an undiscovered settlement it would be morally wrong to just try to bring them into civilization without considering the issues of disease

[Tayasaurus]

ok? that doesn't mean we had no idea how it spread. outbreaks of diseases could still occur in modern times, too. in any case we know (and knew then) that immunity is in some form a thing and if we somehow managed to find an undiscovered settlement it would be morally wrong to just try to bring them into civilization without considering the issues of disease

I wonder if we'll think about this when we start visiting hospitable planets

[Starkiller]

negligent homicide is still homicide, and morally wrong"It is believed likely that some form of inoculation was developed in India or China before the 16th century."
and white people came to america at the very beginning of the 16th century

actually it's not homocide, it's man slaughter.  Which isn't as bad

[Foxscotch]

actually it's not homocide, it's man slaughter.  Which isn't as bad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligent_homicide

I wonder if we'll think about this when we start visiting hospitable planets

I don't think we'll ever find a planet with complex life that we can visit

[ResonKinetic]

Kill everyone. No man, no problem.