To: Graybeard58
They also claim he was complicit in "the genocide" of Indians through the introduction of infectious diseases. Considering their penchant for ripping people hearts out on pyramids and eating them? Civilization NEEDED to fall in the new world.
A lot of the indian tribes were little better than the Stone Age when they came in contact with the Spanish.
12 posted on
10/08/2007 11:26:29 AM PDT by
Centurion2000
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To: Centurion2000
A lot of the indian tribes were little better than the Stone Age when they came in contact with the Spanish. Head south (or north, for that matter) and you'll find several that still are little better than Stone Age.
16 posted on
10/08/2007 12:03:40 PM PDT by
ApplegateRanch
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To: Centurion2000
Ah, Infectious Diseases. Caused by Microbes. A concept that the West would not fully understand for over 300 years.
17 posted on
10/08/2007 12:07:10 PM PDT by
massgopguy
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