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e vuoi dirmi che i pellerossa sono capitati per caso nella traiettoria delle pallottole?

non mi sembra il caso di fare della facile ironia su un tema come questo

ci furono episodi nel corso delle guerre indiane in cui si trascese come in tutte le guerre coloniali ma il termine genocidio ha un altro significato


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While no mainstream historian denies that death and suffering were unjustly inflicted by a number of Europeans upon a great many American natives, most historians argue that genocide, which is a crime of intent, was not the intent of European colonization. Historian Stafford Poole wrote: "There are other terms to describe what happened in the Western Hemisphere, but genocide is not one of them. It is a good propaganda term in an age where slogans and shouting have replaced reflection and learning, but to use it in this context is to cheapen both the word itself and the appalling experiences of the Jews and Armenians, to mention but two of the major victims of this century."[20]
Therefore, most mainstream scholars tend not to use the term "genocide" to describe the overall depopulation of American natives. However, a number of historians, rather than seeing the whole history of European colonization as one long act of genocide, do cite specific wars and campaigns which were arguably genocidal in intent and effect. Usually included among these are the Pequot War (1637) and campaigns waged against tribes in California starting in the 1850s.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populat...cide.22_debate




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http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armi%2C_acciaio_e_malattie