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Originally Posted by blankall
Totally different situations. Mandela was made President of South Africa in 1994. If, isntead of making a black man President, they had continued to isolate blacks on small patches of land and then proceeded to enter those small patches to plunder for resources, Mandela's work wouldn't have been done. Conversely, if an aboriginal chief was Prime Minister of Canada, we'd have a different result.
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Mandela is an example of the power of reconciliation and forgiveness.
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Originally Posted by blankall
I agree that they went to far with burning the cars. That being said, they weren't killing children either. Considering we've seen cop cars burnt in recent riots in Toronto and Vancouver, it's hardly just Aboriginal people who are committing these acts. What's happening to the Aboriginal people is also a lot more important and emotional than having your physically weak hockey team lose a Stanley Cup final.
Once again, I would try and see things from their persepctive. This is unceeded land. The government sent in hundreds of armed men to support an oil copanies right to mine. Yes they had a court injunction, but it was from a court that the aboriginal people never consented to jurisdiction under (at least not without severe duress).
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To be clear I don't think anyone, white, blacks, reds, pinks, purples, browns,
anyone should be resorting to violence.