burningmetal

Understand that this is not to condone any atrocities that occurred on the part of the settlers, but nor do I condone the way the Indians "welcomed" them.

After Columbus discovered America, (though he didn't actually reach North America) the Spanish returned and reached the shore and attempted to make peace with the natives. they started a colony, and it WAS peaceful for a while. Then, for no apparent reason, the natives became paranoid and attacked the settlers, killing many of them.

This was the world in that day. People were trying to find places to go, and often times they were not greeted with open arms. That's why you had wars for land. America was no different than any other country in the world. But we sure became the greatest and most powerful country, didn't we? That is, until our modern government began to destroy it.

Now, I realize that the Pilgrims were not British and not Spanish, but my point is that the first people who came here were, for no reason at all, murdered. So that kind of illustrates how the natives weren't necessarily any different from the rest of civilization.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.