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[them_joshs]

Sometimes i wonder why people can't see the way, or the path. I know that sounds a but presumptuous but i don't mean it like that, i mean it in the most basic of ways. Laura is watching global news, they are talking about gun violence, and it seems that every ones solution to all this is more police and "cracking down" on gun violence and gangs

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everyone writes so skeptically about whether or not the six nations people "own" the land. the land is in their care. comparable to parenting. if you were taking care of your child in an organic, healthy manner, and an anonymous man came from texas and took him and started force feeding him crap and letting things go to waste, it would constitute as stealing, and wouldn't it be maddening if the canadian government was behind the texan? that's pretty much what is happening. right down to the guy being from texas. treaties are laws. plain and simple. they were established at the birth of this country...the amalgamation of TWO peoples to create a home for everyone. the only request being that we cared for the land while building this home that was being dreamed up inside of everyone's head.

not so surprisingly, the two groups had very different concepts of what land management entitled.

and anyway, if you want to look up the document to be sure, it was the haldimand treaty (i'm pretty sure anyway). there's some background information in there. the government only had one nation sign it...the mohawks. the other nations weren't given the option, and over the past century there have been countless feuds over landclaims. most of these didn't come up until someone wanted to build a mini-mall or something over the lands...and they came up not so much as an issue of ownership, they came up as an issue of respect. you are completely right about that. i wish more people could see outside the lines, as you always do. i love you for that.

of course, the media feeds. and this whole time it's been so unrighteous. "natives protesting over land that is 'allegedly' theirs". sarcastic just like that. sarcasm towards something that is not even half of the issue. i have yet to see a mainstream media outlet that digs into the issue and the history and bring up the truth of what's going on. and isn't that their job? to tell the truth? hardly anymore. their role is to sensationalize. like the kashechewan problem, they clung to the tragedy of children being evacuated from their homes (which is fine because that is horrible) but i didn't hear any outlets mention the other 100 reserves that suffer the same. there is no direct, honest, straight up look at the issue as a whole. just the really dramatic, colorful parts. infotainment.

i like your ideas. i agree, too often we have these prescribed solutions to things. one solution for every problem. it doesn't work. if you were to propose an all out change to the way we deal with problems, they'd say "that's wonderful but we don't have the resources." how much money does it cost to be kind, understanding? how much money does it cost to end aggression?

i understand that sometimes, in some cases, you need to be assertive and that's fine. but cracking down causes communities to feel oppressed. like they can't be trusted. this is the cycle of anger. oppression, and revolt.

what we need in communities isn't increased policing but an application of general, all encompassing values. and i'm not talking god-fearing whichimicallit. simple respect.

I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE SIDING. WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING. WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING. WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING.

but for balance i do disagree with you on one thing...let me think of it and i'll get back to you.

sorry for writing an entire journal entry in your comments section.
and for basically just reiterating everything you said.

loveyouseeyoutonight.