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To: PatrickHenry
re: your post to HV: "I've given you a source of material that you've never considered before"

Sorry, but those aren't source materials, they are merely propoganda put together by a lawyer in a civil case. The numbers are exagerated and unsourced, furthermore the language is vitriolic; it makes no pretense of objectivity.

Certainly the Spaniards were brutal bastards, but holding Christianity complicit in their deeds is a stretch, if anything the few padres that accompanied the consquistidors exercised as much of a brake on blood lust as was possible.

This piece of tripe also makes no distinction between wars, pestilence and out right murder. To lump the entire history of the New World under the title Genocide is not history but political agenda. I'm surprized you've fallen for that old canard.

But most egregiously you, and others, have gone even further by blaming Christianity for these deaths. I fully expect you, and them, to turn over your homes and property and expatriate yourselves back to your point of origin. Enough w/ this foolish posturing and back up your principles!

230 posted on 08/12/2002 4:12:03 PM PDT by Pietro
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To: Pietro
Sorry, but those aren't source materials, they are merely propoganda put together by a lawyer in a civil case. The numbers are exagerated and unsourced, furthermore the language is vitriolic; it makes no pretense of objectivity.

I know what I wrote, and I clearly stated why I wrote it. I was pointing out to HV that religious people can commit mass murder, not only atheists, which seems to be his claim. I was not making a condemnation of Christianity, nor do I care to do so now. Spain was just a convenient example, and one I know about. I also mentioned to HV that his figure of 4.5 million did not include the conduct of Spain or Russia. That's my point. You want me to wave original source documents around? Why? It's not necessary for the points I made.

260 posted on 08/12/2002 4:49:34 PM PDT by PatrickHenry
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