I am not racist. I never said the white man did not wage war, in more ways than many know, against the red man... quite the opposite. And as far as your statement that unusable land located hundreds of miles away from where any human ever ventured before could have been used or owned by the red man is preposterous. Your examples are as correct as they are tragic but they do not apply to every square inch of the earth.

Ya know, this discussion will go on with or without me, but, I just wanna ask ollaimh one last question before I take my leave... does the white man in Canada owe compensation to the red man In Canada for every tree the white man ever cut down in Canada? Opps... TWO questions... And, if so, who is gonna write the cheque? I am looking forward to you edifying me and correcting my ignorance on this issue as you so graciously offered to do. Thanks for your time and for your effort in this regard.