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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
If they think destruction of property, and derailing trains - which could lead to the deaths of engineers - is a good plan, then I am all for marginalizing these idiots. Negotiations with any group who uses such tactics should be terminated immediately.
Alternatively, blockade the roads into their reserves, and see how they like it.
As has been mentioned, native leaders need to learn to clean up their own mess. They are all about trying to pressure "the white man" for more and more and more. Any band that wants to improve their lot, and wants to build a plan to do so should be met with equal interest and support from the government. Those that want to throw a little rebellion should simply be ignored.
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Whereas I certainly argree that nobody should be allowed to derail trains, or just otherwise intentionally endanger other people, I think your talk of tearing up the treaties as a recompense is unwarranted. Furthermore, either you're using 'these idiots' to characterize the entirety of a diverse group of people in a very bigotted way, or you ought to think about some methods of marginalizing that aren't going to punish the entire first nations body, or even the entirety of reserves where individuals may not responsible for violent/destructive acts.
This is a deeply entrenched Canadian political problem, not just a native problem. It is a problem that is generating ghettos, and problems with ghettos are not going to be solved by isolation of the people living there. Obviously the system that the government has going with the reserves, and the systems at work in a bunch of the reserves need to be changed. I'm not sure how. Nonetheless, this is a problem generated by Canadian governmental systems, affecting Canadian citizens. This is not about 'these idiots' and 'the white man'.