Everyone cries rivers for the plight of the poor native people of the world, but do you really believe that a victim is morally superior, or just weak?
2006-11-20 13:18:15 · 14 answers · asked by Jimie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I really don't believe so. Personally, I don't believe they were those kind of people. Maybe if they had some kind of warning as to whats to come, then they would have possibly tried. But, I don't think "white invaders" is what was on their mind.
As far as the second part of your question... I'm kind of getting the vibe that you feel that if they couldn't fight back, then oh well... thats what they get. Obviously I believe they would be morally superior. I dont know how you could think it would be okay to slaughter a bunch of people and steal their land.
I don't necessarily think they were weak people though. They respected the land. They respected each other. They were definitely not weak in spirit. But, I don't think that always holds up when you're facing a bunch of greedy people with more resources.
2006-11-20 13:50:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no.
keep in mind at one time, the native americans were already superior. those pilgrims would have all died if it weren't for the native americans teaching them how to survive in north america - harsh winters, gathering food, hunting, farming, and so on. this is well documented.
pilgrims might have had the guns but that's military technology. guns obviously don't keep you alive when mother nature is your greatest challenge.
it has nothing to do with whether the victims were strong or weak. it has to do with the greed and lies of the pilgrims.
the real question, how can any find pride in a culture of obvious warmongers and savage killers who were barely capable of wiping their own behinds, regardless of who's supposedly superior? is that the definition of strength in these days and times?
2006-11-20 21:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anthony Taurus 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Looking back at all the wars we have fought, even BEFORE whites came to the USA and were fighting in Europe, the war between the Indians and the whites in the USA was the longest war we ever had - 30 years! Sure, the whites finally won, but at a terrible cost to both sides. Too bad our government back then could not work with the indians where both sides could live side by side in harmony.
Unfortunately that was not, and still is not, the way of the US Government. Go in, take with superior firepower, and then rebuild to what we want. Sounds like IRAQ.
2006-11-20 21:25:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes.
The native Indians were defending the land that they have taken from weaker folks before them.
All through History, the Strong have conquered the weak...the struggle continues.
2006-11-20 21:23:34 · answer #4 · answered by Roxton P 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
when the white invaders got to the new world, the native americans rather than banding together and annhilliating the invaders were too caught up with wars with other tribes. by the time the europeans got there, the native americans tried to ally themselves with them to wipe out their enemy tribes. if they would've had better technology the native americans would've been dang near wiped out at the hands of their own instruments.
2006-11-20 22:11:57 · answer #5 · answered by alex l 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that the native americans would have only done it as a last resort. Because if you look the white invaders killed most of them with trrickery ( giving infected blankets to them to give them smallpox), I think the native Americans would finally have realised whats up, and then dealt with them accordingly.
2006-11-20 21:23:03 · answer #6 · answered by Gage E 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No; they were friendly to us when we first came to the American shores. The other part of the question is that sometimes victims are morally superior, and sometimes they are just weak. It depends upon whether they were perfect at one time themelves!
2006-11-20 21:32:02 · answer #7 · answered by hopflower 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
Everytime they had the opportunity, the Indians would kill the white man. Their favorite technique was to ambush the whites when the Indians outnumbered them. They would also attack white homes on the frontier.
2006-11-21 00:24:16 · answer #8 · answered by devil's advocate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might have put them on an equal footing so that the colonists would have had to negotiate with them, or buy from them instead of taking everything they had and killing millions of them.
2006-11-20 21:25:40 · answer #9 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no. they welcomed early Euros, and even helped them to survive. Not just the Plymouth Pilgrims legend, but in many cases.
2006-11-20 21:21:07 · answer #10 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋