> Fernando Cassia wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jan 29, 2010, at 8:46 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
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>>>
>>>> If every religion or ethnic group needs its own autonomy, then it´s
>>>> time to make Utah an independent state.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Tibet ain't a nation by you?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Not much different than the indian / cherokee "nation" that currently
>> operates casinos in the U.S.
>>
>
> So the Cherokee Nation's (minus scare quotes) most noteworthy endeavour
> is operating casinos?
> You forgot to mention drunken Indians at Pow-wow's.
Don´t twist my words. I wanted to point out that the best "reparation" the US government could do to the native americans is allow them to operate casinos. But the same people whom advocate for TIbetan independence are not advocating for Cherokee Nation independence from the U.S. as a separate sovereign nation. Get my drift now?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears
What exactly are you trying to teach me?
FC