From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 09/07/02-11:59:01 PM Z
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Cactus Cowboy wrote:
> You don't know what you're talking about.
Ah, Mr. Politesse -- such dignity and wit !
But you, too, should read what I said, not what you (strangely, it seems
to me) want to say I said... Hint: look for the word *many* in my comment
quoted below..... and if you have a book about logic, look up "false
syllogism."
J.
> ... Don't let the success of an
> Indian-owned casino in Connecticut (within easy driving distance of huge
> cities) lead you into making erroneous assumptions and hasty
> generalizations. I seriously doubt you've ever set foot on a reservation in
> the western United States, much less interacted with Indians (Native
> Americans if you prefer PC speak). I live close to the Crow Indian
> Reservation in Montana and the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.
> I've spent time on these (and other reservations), been to Pow Wows, and
> have talked to many Indians. The vast majority of Indians live on
> reservations plagued with serious poverty, astronomical unemployment rates,
> and high rates of drug and alcohol abuse. There are very few Indians who
> are becoming "breathtakingly rich".
>
> Best regards,
> Dave in Wyoming
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:27 PM
> Subject: Re: "CALENDAR ARTIST"
>
> > Who was it said history repeats itself, only first time it's tragedy,
> > second time it's farce ?
> >
> > I gather that there are remnants of hundreds of Native American tribes, --
> > including now many folks with just a tad more "Indian" blood than I have
> > -- SUDDENLY become totally tribal -- many of them already or about to
> > become breathtakingly rich from casinos, cigarette sales, oil rights,
> > whatever. Not that I blame them -- in fact the casinos, skinning as it
> > were the white man, is a nice touch -- but let us not forget that "greed"
> > is also a matter of opportunity.
> >
> > J.
> >
>
>
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