Europeans vs. Native Americans (was Volvo vs Apple)

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From: David "Cowboy Dan" Wolverton
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1987 16:09

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In article <855@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU>, geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks) writes:
> (The diseases the white man brought killed more natives than
> their weapons, incidentally.)
Actually, they practiced an early form of "biological warfare": the whites
spread the diseases by giving blankets and other personal items from infected
people to uninfected Native Americans.  Therefore I consider the diseases
you mention (e.g. smallpox) to have been one of the weapons.

This discussion does not belong in comp.sys.mac.  Please move it elsewhere.

Dave Wolverton
ihnp4!houxs!daw

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From: daw@houxs.UUCP (David "Cowboy Dan" Wolverton)
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Subject: Europeans vs. Native Americans (was Volvo vs Apple)
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