1 posted on
06/07/2008 8:29:49 AM PDT by
blam
To: SunkenCiv; muawiyah
2 posted on
06/07/2008 8:31:59 AM PDT by
blam
To: blam
3 posted on
06/07/2008 8:33:02 AM PDT by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: blam; All
DA BEARS!!!!
5 posted on
06/07/2008 8:35:35 AM PDT by
KevinDavis
(Who is Obama's Puppet Master???)
To: blam
Been worshipping daBears my whole life. Go BEARS!
To: blam
Praise the almighty Grizzly, this is great news. I scratch againstb a tree trunk in praise.
7 posted on
06/07/2008 8:37:05 AM PDT by
BlueStateBlues
(Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
To: blam
8 posted on
06/07/2008 8:42:58 AM PDT by
allmost
To: blam
The North American Indians of Japan - if a genetic comparison is done, it is highly likely the Ainu will turn out to be similar to the Inuit and the Native American and Native Canadian indigenous people.
Very likely that was the direction of the migration, just a small detour to the south from the Bering land bridge.
11 posted on
06/07/2008 10:21:16 AM PDT by
alloysteel
(The Obamajesty exerting its Obamagic. What nirvana, what bliss!)
To: blam
It has long been suggested that the Ainu may be white caucasians, descended either from seafarers or Europeans who migrated eastward across Asia. There are also disputed traces of early white people in parts of China.
That certainly is suggested by the faces in the photo.
I have not kept up with this theory in recent years, but it would be interesting to know what DNA testing suggests about their genetic background.
12 posted on
06/07/2008 10:24:23 AM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: blam
They tried to wipe out the Ainus, but they couldn’t do it. The whole situation stinks!
13 posted on
06/07/2008 10:41:32 AM PDT by
AndrewB
To: Grizzled Bear
Don’t get a swelled head, now.
14 posted on
06/07/2008 10:41:46 AM PDT by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: blam
Bear-Worshipping Ainu Somebody alert Stephen Colbert....
15 posted on
06/07/2008 11:15:28 AM PDT by
steve-b
(The "intelligent design" hoax is not merely anti-science; it is anti-civilization. --John Derbyshire)
17 posted on
06/07/2008 12:20:26 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
19 posted on
06/07/2008 12:29:33 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
To: blam
I read the title as beer-worshiping. I thought it was an interesting object to deify.
To: blam
Yep. Far more effective to destroy them by making them wards of the state.
28 posted on
06/07/2008 5:10:07 PM PDT by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
To: blam
140 years ago?
I thought it was more like 3,000.
?
29 posted on
06/07/2008 5:11:34 PM PDT by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: blam
Be careful of those who pay homage to bears!
35 posted on
06/07/2008 8:44:34 PM PDT by
uglybiker
(I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
To: blam
The Ainu are one of Japan's most marginalised groups.Are there other indigenous grups in Japan?
36 posted on
06/07/2008 8:46:16 PM PDT by
uglybiker
(I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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