Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 16:54:04 -0500
From: Unka Bart <mendicant-AT-buddhist.com>
Subject: Re: Hey, cat?   Get this.


><< They--in various tribes--practiced self-defense against
> trespassers  who were out to kill or rob them. They. except for the Mandan
> who were essentially non-viollent and friendly to the whites--were hardly
> eliminated. >>
>
>Yeah except I remember something call "Custar's Last Stand."  Sitting Bull
>wasn't too pleased he was being arrested so he slaughtered 500 soldiers.  Wow
>I wish everyone could be that peaceful.

Ohhhhhh lordy, chile...  Do get a grip.

Your little head is fill with snippits of things that you "heard"
somewhere, or read while thinking of something else and not actually paying
attention.  Or that you got from the movies.

Custer was a vainglorious idiot and attacked more indians than he was
capable of massacring with the forces under this control.  Indians who, at
the time, were minding their own business.

And Custer only had about 120 troops with him, not 500.

Look kid, this is a forum where some intelligent and well informed
individuals and I come to discuss ideas and happenings.  You are welcome to
participate, of course, but please remember that one is expected to have at
the very least, some idea of what on is talking about before joining.

So far, the only thing you've brought to the table is Opinion, and not very
well thought-out opinion, at that.  Well, since each of us already has an
opinion, (and a few of them are very well thought-out), we are not
currently in the market for opinions at the moment,especially shoddy,
ill-conceived ones based upon badly garbled information like your little
bit on Custer, above.

The point of this is not to slam you for being young, or for being
ignorant.  But you are both of those things, and you'd better recognize it
now.  Neither we, nor the rest of the world, for that matter, are very
indulgent;' that's what family is for.

So if you want to *learn,* you've come to a good place to do it.  But if
you've only come to share your little ill-conceived opinions, very few of
us are interested.

Remember this.  It's hard to learn when your mouth is running.  I think it
must be related to the blood supply, sort of like the ol' Penis/Brain
problem.  In any event, the ears simply don't function when the jaws are
flapping.  You need to give your ears a chance and your jaws a rest.

Yer Kindly Ol' Unka Bart