Whoaaaaa now! Again it seems you pick and choose what words of mine to reply to and which to convieniently ignore and even then you add your own meaning to what I said rather than what was truly said. Repeatedly I did say we deserved respect as A people, as in A human being! Period! Just the same as I feel ANY OTHER race of human beings deserve respect as human beings that do no harm to others. I also said that just because you personaly don't agree with our customs, nor understand them, that doesn't give you the right to mock them! I've often asked why you don't practice what you preach in your own churches about judging others but you seem not to be able to respond to that.
Respect can be as little as simply accepting someones ways are differant than your's and acknowleging their right to live as they do without predjudice nor mockery. And yes, I feel that MUST ( as you say) be done if we are going to share this Country, just as I feel we must respect other races that dwell here legaly as well. That is the kind of respect I'm talking about. Don't try and twist it into your own meaning to support your own argument. I don't recall even once asking you to bow down to anyone but since you infer that I did then please, by all means, show me and everyone else just where and I'll not hesitate to give you a sincere and honest apology for all to read! That is simply what YOU WISH to read into my words and what YOU WISH other's to believe as well. I've often said that what is truly causing this Country to fall apart is that we tout such statements as, " United we stand, devided we fall!" but pay not one bit of heed to their meaning and it's exactly attitudes as shown here that keep us devided! To be fair, not that I believe anyone will look at it that way as no one has yet, it seems William and my disagreement, in his own words, is about respect. I say, while that has some basis in truth that is a mighty broad statement, it is really about the degree of respect. William, you seem to confuse respect with worship or admiration. Wonder why that is? Your own dictionaries define respect in as;
1 to feel or show diferential regard for & esteem
2 to avoid violation of or interference with
3 willingness to show consideration
You pick just one of the meanings to suit your argument and you disregard the others. Out of all those words esteem is only one. So why do you ignore the rest of it's true meaning if not to twist my words and support your own bias?
Yes, I'll state it quite clearly with no hidden meaning to be pondered. I believe our old ways of life, in the sense of spirituality and being in touch with the Creater, which played a big part in anything we did, was a better way of life. Just as many now alive that remember days before terrorists threats, widespread crooked polititions and a simpler way of life say it was better then than now. Why is it you take no issue with those that say that but quickly refered to our old ways as simply crapping in holes? Predjudice can rear it's ugly head in many ways and hiding it behind twisted words does not change it's loathsomeness.
I'll tell you all what. Just so you can untwist your panties out of the knots they're in, before your family jewels dry up and fall off, I'll drop the term First Nation, though your own Government gave us that title in the first place trying to be politicaly correct, and on the many other sites I belong to no one has the slightest problem with the term and are open minded enough to not feel it's a personal threat. I will not quit telling the stories however as there are plenty who enjoy them including Mrs. Graywolf who asked me to tell them in the first place and you are simply guests here same as I. I'll let anyone who reads them do as I always have. Enjoy them and find your own personal lessons in each as it was meant to be from the begining of first man. Oops, I hope no one takes offense at the term First Man.
There had to be one you know! I'll simply just use the true name of each Nation though then I'll have to exsplain who's who and how each one is even pronounced.
If you don't like the stories, feel threatoned by them
then here's a novel idea....don't read them! I'll compromise but in case you haven't figured it out yet, I don't get intimidated worth a dang! Charlie didn't intimidate me, what in the H*** makes you think you can?
And for those of you who seem to think Indians never did anything worth admiring these days then let me ask you this. Ever hear of the Dine', oh excuse me, Navaho Code Talkers? Without them and other tribes lesser known involvement, many many more lives would have been lost and the war may have went another direction where you might be saying Hile Hitler every morning you wake up. 30,000 served in the Civil War alone! Try looking up the number of Indians, yes to please you and to save your family jewels I'll use that term if you insist on feeding your egos, that serve in the military and take a peek at their records of valor. If too lazy I can give you the stats which just might shock you into a bad case of reality!
