The catch includes forfeiture of your culture, language, religion, land, life, education of you children, future and watching the invaders break good-faith agreements, mismanage the land that’s symbiotic with you, and call YOU a savage…
Say, Chief. Did you read the really tiny print at the bottom of the page? No? Too late! It’s an early FDA warning: avoid exposure to people in funny hats. They can be dangerous to your health. [Reference = Virginia, 1609-1619]
I have mixed feelings about Europeans coming to the “Americas”. I believe that had it not happened, there would be no freedom of / from religion, slavery would still be a thing and the technological advances we have had would never have happened The other side is, “we” treated the natives extremely harshly.
Not just the Western Hemisphere, either. “When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.” —Bishop Desmond Tutu
RAGs about 3 years ago
Yeah, they want to “share” your land and have you pay for it.
in.amongst about 3 years ago
catch, i presume, is the operative word there.
eastern.woods.metal about 3 years ago
Just like the bug, it would have been much easier to eliminate it early.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
And they didn’t even provide a free meal! Quite the opposite.
Bullet Bronson Premium Member about 3 years ago
Man, that time-share scam goes back a loooong way.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 3 years ago
And you’ll get free show tickets afterwards! A real sh*t show!
Cornelius Noodleman about 3 years ago
To get rid of your time-share call 555 5555.
Baarorso about 3 years ago
The problem with the people just about to land is that they won’t share the land with you-they’ll take it for their own. :/
whahoppened about 3 years ago
Wiley messing with us? Pennants in opposite directions?
pcolli about 3 years ago
You’re immigrants yourself….
Kurtass about 3 years ago
Well, Americans: What, nothin’ better to do? Why don’t you kick yourself out? You’re an immigrant too.
White Stripes, Icky Thump
mikeyman about 3 years ago
Use his circular logic and open a casino.
FreyjaRN Premium Member about 3 years ago
There’s always a catch.
burgarman about 3 years ago
A very big catch!
Andrew Sleeth about 3 years ago
" … I still say there must be a catch."
There is. Just wait till you get to the fine print about disease-sharing.
LawrenceS about 3 years ago
“Hey, we took out the Vikings. We can take out these guys.”
These guys, “We’ve got something new, gunpowder.”
bryce.gear about 3 years ago
If there were ever a people that deserve reparations, Native Americans are them.
mourdac Premium Member about 3 years ago
Should have called Orkin.
franki_g about 3 years ago
The catch includes forfeiture of your culture, language, religion, land, life, education of you children, future and watching the invaders break good-faith agreements, mismanage the land that’s symbiotic with you, and call YOU a savage…
but other than that, it’s a great idea!
Ignatz Premium Member about 3 years ago
This is gold.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 3 years ago
There is no obligation, but there is expectation. Don’t sign anything.
sandpiper about 3 years ago
Say, Chief. Did you read the really tiny print at the bottom of the page? No? Too late! It’s an early FDA warning: avoid exposure to people in funny hats. They can be dangerous to your health. [Reference = Virginia, 1609-1619]
WildChilde about 3 years ago
read the fine print.
JosephShriver about 3 years ago
I have mixed feelings about Europeans coming to the “Americas”. I believe that had it not happened, there would be no freedom of / from religion, slavery would still be a thing and the technological advances we have had would never have happened The other side is, “we” treated the natives extremely harshly.
mindjob about 3 years ago
Those maintenance fees are a lot higher then they said
timbob2313 Premium Member about 3 years ago
There was a catch, but it was a feature, not a bug
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
Why did Cochise always get such “great press” in American movies,but nobody else?
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 3 years ago
Not just the Western Hemisphere, either. “When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.” —Bishop Desmond Tutu
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
White man speak with forked tongue.But somehow never stab self.
Ammo hates the comment policy Premium Member about 3 years ago
If They had massacred them getting off the Ships, The Western Hemisphere would be safe from so much, Small Pox, VD & the Wheel.
Michael G. about 3 years ago
The “catch” is the technology gap. The diseases thing doesn’t help either.
keenanthelibrarian about 3 years ago
Our own First Nations people could be reading from the same page.
jrlind55 about 3 years ago
And now we know why it’s important to control our border.
bakana about 3 years ago
Always read the Fine Print in any contract, especially a Real Estate Contract.