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 over 3 years ago
Yeah, they want to “share” your land and have you pay for it.
in.amongst over 3 years ago
catch, i presume, is the operative word there.
eastern.woods.metal over 3 years ago
Just like the bug, it would have been much easier to eliminate it early.
Concretionist over 3 years ago
And they didn’t even provide a free meal! Quite the opposite.
Bullet Bronson Premium Member over 3 years ago
Man, that time-share scam goes back a loooong way.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member over 3 years ago
And you’ll get free show tickets afterwards! A real sh*t show!
Cornelius Noodleman over 3 years ago
To get rid of your time-share call 555 5555.
Baarorso over 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 over 3 years ago
Wiley messing with us? Pennants in opposite directions?
pcolli over 3 years ago
You’re immigrants yourself….
Kurtass over 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 over 3 years ago
Use his circular logic and open a casino.
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 3 years ago
There’s always a catch.
burgarman over 3 years ago
A very big catch!
Andrew Sleeth over 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 over 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 over 3 years ago
If there were ever a people that deserve reparations, Native Americans are them.
mourdac Premium Member over 3 years ago
Should have called Orkin.
franki_g over 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 over 3 years ago
This is gold.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago
There is no obligation, but there is expectation. Don’t sign anything.
sandpiper over 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 over 3 years ago
read the fine print.
JosephShriver over 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 over 3 years ago
Those maintenance fees are a lot higher then they said
timbob2313 Premium Member over 3 years ago
There was a catch, but it was a feature, not a bug
198.23.5.11 over 3 years ago
Why did Cochise always get such “great press” in American movies,but nobody else?
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 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 over 3 years ago
White man speak with forked tongue.But somehow never stab self.
Ammosexual Premium Member over 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. over 3 years ago
The “catch” is the technology gap. The diseases thing doesn’t help either.
keenanthelibrarian over 3 years ago
Our own First Nations people could be reading from the same page.
jrlind55 over 3 years ago
And now we know why it’s important to control our border.
bakana over 3 years ago
Always read the Fine Print in any contract, especially a Real Estate Contract.