Jules53757 opened this issue on Dec 05, 2006 · 120 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 07 December 2006 at 12:18 PM
One of the many errors in today's politically correct thinking has to do with the idea than an oppressed group of people -- once they are freed from under the yoke of their oppressors -- the 'ex-oppressed' will suddenly begin to work miracles of tolerance & understanding.
The long, sordid pages of human history -- again and again -- reveal the absolute folly of such thinking.
The locals who joyously helped the conquistadors to overthrow the Aztecs soon discovered that they had merely traded one cruel taskmaster for another. But at least the Spainards didn't torture them and then sacrifice them on stone altars..........
Human beings are not nice people. And this applies across the board. Study the history of ANY nation. Basic human nature will tell each and every time.
I saw a statistic a while back which stated that there have been approx. 20 years of 'true peace' scattered out over the last 2000 years or so -- and that the 20 years were not contiguous. I don't know where they came up with that figure -- because personally I seriously doubt that there have been that many........