Only to the white man was nature a "wilderness" and only to him was the land "infested" with "wild" animals and "savage" people.To us it was tame... Not until the hairy man from the east came and with brutal frenzy heaped injustices upon us and the families we loved was it "wild" for us.When the very animals of the forest began fleeing from his approach, then it was that for us the "wild west" began. ---Luther Standing Bear, Lakota Sioux, 1933 Have a nice day! bozolazic 46 minutes ago 10 Continue reading →
John Little Bear thinks he’s 43. He’s not sure. He looks older. His face is puffed up and ravaged by the alcoholism which has almost killed him twice. "I was being arrested so I crashed a whole bottle of vodka. When I came too – they were using the paddles on my chest."John is an Oglala Sioux. He’s lost eight close family members to alcohol. "They all had cirrhosis of the liver. My sister's in the hospital right now. She’s going to die."John has been told he's going to die soon too. He's had seizures and recurring illnesses. A doctor warned him just weeks ago that if he didn't quit drinking, he be dead in nine months. He's not sure he wants to quit and ... Continue reading →
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Megrahi and after 2 Scotland must now have the courage to look itself in the mirror An open letter from 42 signatories Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has now died without having been able to clear his name of the destruction of Pan Am flight 103 on the 21st of December 1988 during his lifetime. Now all those politicians and Megrahi-guilt apologists who regard compassion as being a weakling's alternative to vengeance, who boast of their skills at remote medical diagnosis, and who persistently refuse to address the uncomfortable facts of the case, will doubtless fall silent. Finally, the 'evil terrorist' has been called to account for himself before a 'higher power'. The prosecution case against him held water like a sieve. We are expected to believe the ... Continue reading →
