[Cicero]

The smallpox infested blanket story gets around, and is to be found almost everywhere. It's very popular among the politically correct. Apparently the story goes back to the 19th century. It's the kind of thing that is difficult to disprove. (You can't prove a negative.) But even if it happened--which I doubt--it was not a common practice and it would have played a very small part in the diminishment of the Indian.

Indians were susceptible to various European disaeases, which often produced deadly epidemics among them. That was simply bad luck, not deliberate policy.

Human history all over the world is a history of migrations, invasions, and population displacements. Until modern times it was part of the normal course of events.

Should we blame the Chinese or the Arabs for the Black Death, which wiped out maybe half the European population in the 14th century? There really isn't much point. It's better to get on with it and deal with the situation, instead of whining.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It's the kind of thing that is difficult to disprove.

Not really in this case. We have eyewitness accounts by the people that were there. Here is a link to a pretty good essay on the subject. http://hal.lamar.edu/~browntf/Churchill1.htm

[Allosaurs_r_us]

"Apparently the story goes back to the 19th century. It's the kind of thing that is difficult to disprove. (You can't prove a negative.) But even if it happened--which I doubt--it was not a common practice and it would have played a very small part in the diminishment of the Indian."

 

This wouldn't even past the smell test a hundred years ago. In the 19th century not even the white man could control smallpox. Just who do you suppose inoculated these blankets and then pasted them out to Native Americans. Even if smallpox wasn't one of the most dangerous diseases of their time it is insane to believe, anyone would get within a mile of being contaminated.

 

This is how the left gets away with many of their absolute B.S. stories. The only people who will believe them are the one's who want to. Any one else will use elemental logic, as in a 6th grader, to come to a conclusion of the truth.

 

Churchill is headed down the proverbial toilet fast. Using the reputation of Native Americans to ensure his appointment of tenure will surely cause him to come out smelling like he actually does, just like an over-flowing cesspool. 

[shibumi]

"Should we blame the Chinese or the Arabs for the Black Death, which wiped out maybe half the European population in the 14th century? "

Nah! We've got lots of other stuff we can blame them for, like mass baby killings and ruthless jihad.