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Article #990Re: Indian v Western Civilization: Are we stupid, or what?
From: DonQuijote1954
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:34
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:34
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Gatos Loco <gatosloco@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<7trgl0hvrgsupit332leagvfkksoafmtl6@4ax.com>... > On 27 Sep 2004 12:48:30 -0700, nolionnoproblem@hotmail.com > (DonQuijote1954) wrote: > > >"Gatos Loco" > > > >Is that Indian name? > > > >By the way, why Columbus and the Conquistadores didn't see beauty but > >Gold? Were they the first capitalists this side of the ocean? ;) > > Interestingly enough the name indian comes from In dio or with god. > Columbus thought that he had discovered the garden of eden. It isn't > from an association with India, as is often accepted. There is > certainly a lot of evidence of extensive trade prior to spanish > conquest. But Columbus came looking for something else besides trade. He came looking to get rich. While the Indians traded before, I'd doubt their most sophisticated merchants came close to the GREED in the Europeans. Is it not?
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X-Google-Thread: 10df74,61f852a0a7d25340 X-Google-Thread: fd92c,61f852a0a7d25340 X-Google-Thread: fb58e,61f852a0a7d25340 X-Google-Thread: 10607c,61f852a0a7d25340 X-Google-Thread: 110a63,61f852a0a7d25340 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,gidfd92c,gidfb58e,gid10607c,gid110a63,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: nolionnoproblem@hotmail.com (DonQuijote1954) Newsgroups: ca.environment,uk.environment,talk.environment,sci.environment,alt.politics.greens Subject: Re: Indian v Western Civilization: Are we stupid, or what? Date: 28 Sep 2004 04:34:09 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4e4a3f58.0409280334.649ce65f@posting.google.com> References: <4e4a3f58.0408201120.61676c08@posting.google.com> <4e4a3f58.0409221037.78a9be41@posting.google.com> <c1aaf5a4.0409222236.5c037938@posting.google.com> <dnr9l0dpgt1njio2bj2ir5ddbto5mumqnr@4ax.com> <b2d92064.0409250755.17b8b517@posting.google.com> <kvael0lpt468sn10nplue2gb4flt61ocmd@4ax.com> <874qlkd4cf.fld@barrow.com> <51sel0dp166oeh7g1r2t7iheifm95hsli3@4ax.com> <4e4a3f58.0409271148.2ae25a61@posting.google.com> <7trgl0hvrgsupit332leagvfkksoafmtl6@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.176.141.189 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1096371250 29860 127.0.0.1 (28 Sep 2004 11:34:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:34:10 +0000 (UTC)