File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_1999/anarchy-list.9907, message 427


From: OOTSONATI-AT-aol.com
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 01:58:37 EDT
Subject: Re: Urgent: harassment/questions


I dont know much about the Makah (Were'nt they the ones that closed their 
beaches to tourists and used to chase IRS agents off their land at gun 
point?), but for Eskimo tribes in the Arctic, whale is their only good source 
of food. Does the SS have any problem with Eskimos too or is this racist 
campaign limited to just the Makah? 

Back in the 70s Washington state had a policy of arresting Indians for 
excercizing their fishing rights, on the grounds that white fishermen needed 
the fish for commerce. I forget where exactly (Vine Deloria Jr, covers it in 
his book, God is Red), but Washington game wardens, fishermen and local cops 
went onto the reservation and beat tribal elders, children and women at one 
point for protesting for their treaty rights. Not only was it a blatant 
violation of civil rights and treaties (not that any were ever kept by the 
government), it was also a violation of BIA and FBI jurisdiction. Though as 
far as I know no one was ever fined or charged, except the Indians that 
resisted illegal arrests. This sounds no different really, except for the new 
faces, with new motives for wanting to destroy our cultures. 

What gets me is that us Skins used to be classified as wild animals (blacks 
were animals too, but they were considered draft animals), not human beings. 
The only reason we were ever allowed the status of human is because we owned 
unexploited land, and animals cant own property and therefore cant sell it to 
mining companies, lumber mills, livestock ranchers, farmers, etc. Shouldnt 
these so-called environmentalists be trying to save us as well, or are we 
like the lab rat not cute enough to keep around? 

As for a shotgun, I assume a whales skin is alot thicker than a bears, and 
shooting a bear with a shotgun at point blank will only piss it off. I 
somehow doubt that anyone who hunts whales would be stupid enough to try and 
kill it with a shotgun. I use a 12 gauge Mossenburg to hunt wild turkey, so 
that should give you some idea at how effective a shotgun would be against a 
whale. That would be kinda like trying to put down a deer or stopping a mack 
truck with a .22 rifle. Pert near impossible if you ask me. 




   

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