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   XPost: alt.atheism, alt.politics, soc.culture.usa   
   From: markp@NOSPAMmail.com   
      
   On 5/15/2013 9:40 PM, Joseph Littleshoes wrote:   
   > On May 16, 12:18 am, RedDog  wrote:   
   >> On May 15, 11:15 pm, Joseph Littleshoes  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On May 13, 9:18 pm, chatnoir  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> In 1890, Wounded Knee was the site of a brutal massacre. More than 150   
   >>>> men, women, and children of the Lakota tribe were brutally slaughtered   
   >>>> by American soldiers. It has become a sacred place to the Lakota   
   >>>> Sioux; it is an important part of their spiritual heritage. But the   
   >>>> site's private owner is now trying to sell it off to the highest   
   >>>> bidder -- one of whom would build a horse slaughterhouse on the site.   
   >>   
   >>>> The U.S. government transferred Wounded Knee to private ownership in   
   >>>> the late 1800s, where it's remained ever since. Its current owner has   
   >>>> owned the plot since 1968. Now, he's looking to sell it off -- and   
   >>>> he's offered it to the Oglala tribe for the cool price of $3.9   
   >>>> million.   
   >>   
   >>>> The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, just a few miles from where Wounded   
   >>>> Knee is located, is one of the poorest places in the country. To ask   
   >>>> them to pay millions of dollars for land they should rightly own is   
   >>>> akin to ransom, and to build a horse slaughterhouse there would be   
   >>>> downright unthinkable.   
   >>   
   >>> I am a gay native American. In 2013 we still do not have adequate   
   >>> rights in this country. I would rather see a history themed adult   
   >>> bookstore where native Americans can congregate and watch native   
   >>> American themed gay movies together.   
   >>   
   >> Yeah man, me too. I'm a native American (after all, I was born here --   
   >> look up the definition of "native" in dictionary.com, you stupid   
   >> liberal assholes), and I'm also a lesbian trapped in a male body! And   
   >> so I wish this country would give ppl like me special rights and   
   >> privileges!!!   
   >>   
   >> But what pisses me off MAJORLY is that my ancestors were all from   
   >> Calabria Italy AND (at one time in the distant past-- but how far   
   >> distant doesn't matter, right?)  MADE SLAVES BY THE ROMANS!!!   
   >>   
   >> So I demand REPARATIONS!!!! My ancestors were slaves! So I demand   
   >> special privileges!!!!   
   >>   
   >> Also, there were a few massacres here and there while the Romans were   
   >> conquering the people in the southern part of the peninsula. So I   
   >> DEFINITELY want an official apology as well as reparations over that   
   >> (I mean, at least allow us to own Italian casinos, right?)!!!   
   >   
   > I could invite you to enjoy a native American gay themed movie with   
   > me. I have the one where General Custer is taken captive by Sitting   
   > Bull and forced to satisfy the Sioux braves one by one. It would be a   
   > testament to gay native Americans everywhere to build a native   
   > American adult bookstore on the site of Wounded Knee.   
   >   
   >   
   Give it up, Zack. It's not amusing at all.   
      
      
      
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