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   In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   > jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>At first I was going to respond to the whole thing then I   
   realized most   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of it was idiocy like not knowing how disease spreads and   
   denial of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>all the scholarly work that says there was a pre-columbian   
   population   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of 50 million to 100 million, 80 o 90 percent of which were   
   killed   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>by European diseseses.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So you noticed your own delusions.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>No, I quoted three scholarly sources, all of which said   
   essentially   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the same thing.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe I am derided in any of your 'scholarly   
   sources' unless   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you wrote them yourself.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>No, but you certainly are contradicted.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> And how is that, chimp? What did I write (not what you read,   
   what I   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote) that they 'contradict'.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>That the indiginous peoples were not wiped out by European   
   diseases ...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Not what I said. Go read it again.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>Yes, you did, several times.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Liar. I'm not responsible for what you, in your immense stupidity,   
   >>>>>>>>> substitute for what I wrote.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>Liar, liar, pants on fire...   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Let's get this straight. I didn't say what you claim I said and *I*   
   >>>>>>> am a liar? Yeah, right....   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>So you have never said that the indiginous peoples were not wiped out   
   >>>>>>by European diseases?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Actually, no, I haven't. What I've said is that there was a big   
   >>>>> native die off that was coincident in time with the arrival of   
   >>>>> Europeans in the New World and that the cause of that die off cannot   
   >>>>> be known with certainty because it occurred outside the view of anyone   
   >>>>> who would have recorded it and by the time those folks who would have   
   >>>>> recorded it got there the die off was over.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Yeah, sure.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Except for the minor issue that the die off continued during the   
   >>>>colonial era and was noticed and recorded by a lot of people.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Not according to your own cites. What was noticed was the empty   
   >>> country.   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>... and that there were few people in pre-columbian Americas.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Not what I said. Go read it again.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>Yes, you did, several times.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Liar. I'm not responsible for what you, in your immense stupidity,   
   >>>>>>>>> substitute for what I wrote.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>Liar, liar, pants on fire...   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Let's get this straight. I didn't say what you claim I said and *I*   
   >>>>>>> am a liar? Yeah, right....   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>So you have never said that the indiginous peoples were not wiped out   
   >>>>>>by European diseases?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Actually, no, I haven't. What I've said is that there was a big   
   >>>>> native die off that was coincident in time with the arrival of   
   >>>>> Europeans in the New World and that the cause of that die off cannot   
   >>>>> be known with certainty because it occurred outside the view of anyone   
   >>>>> who would have recorded it and by the time those folks who would have   
   >>>>> recorded it got there the die off was over.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Yeah, sure.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Except for the minor issue that the die off continued during the   
   >>>>colonial era and was noticed and recorded by a lot of people.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Not according to your own cites. What was noticed was the empty   
   >>> country.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>Why ask such a silly question when you said it several times?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Because I knew when you said it that what you came back with   
   wouldn't   
   >>>>>>>>>>> be what I said. You really don't handle English very well at all,   
   do   
   >>>>>>>>>>> you? Let me help you out just a bit.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> What I said was something like "many of the native peoples' died   
   >>>>>>>>>>> before they ever met a European".   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>Weasle wording; the mass die off started with the Europeans.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> It's not "weasle workding", you stupid bastard. Words mean what they   
   >>>>>>>>> mean. Read what people write, not what your asshole personality   
   wants   
   >>>>>>>>> them to have said.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>The mass die off started with the Europeans.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> It's not "weasel wording", you stupid bastard. Words mean what they   
   >>>>>>> mean. Learn to read what people write, not what your asshole   
   >>>>>>> personality wants them to have said.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>So you have never said that the indiginous peoples were not wiped out   
   >>>>>>by European diseases?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Actually, no, I haven't. What I've said is that there was a big   
   >>>>> native die off that was coincident in time with the arrival of   
   >>>>> Europeans in the New World and that the cause of that die off cannot   
   >>>>> be known with certainty because it occurred outside the view of anyone   
   >>>>> who would have recorded it and by the time those folks who would have   
   >>>>> recorded it got there the die off was over.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Yeah, sure.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Except for the minor issue that the die off continued during the   
      
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