Piney Posted January 18, 2018 #1 Share Posted January 18, 2018 https://phys.org/news/2018-01-evidence-tasmanian-genocide.html 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted January 20, 2018 #2 Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) Hard to know what to say here. It's terrible. The longest kniwn isolated human population wiped out, and for what? Why, how? Could you think this was OK? The survivors were sent to Flinder's Island, where they died of disease. Well done for reminding us Piney, that ut wasn't just this chap on the left that got wiped out. Edited January 20, 2018 by oldrover 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted January 21, 2018 #3 Share Posted January 21, 2018 The people in the painting look more African than antipodean aborigines. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 21, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted January 21, 2018 1 minute ago, hetrodoxly said: The people in the painting look more African than antipodean aborigines. John White did that while illustrating my folks too. Jaylemurph gave a explanation. I think it had to do with grouping indigenous people into one pot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted January 21, 2018 #5 Share Posted January 21, 2018 The age of rampant misguided ... Quote ~ Ethnocentrism - Philosophy https://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/ethnocentrism-faq.htm Ethnocentrism. QUESTION: Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism – is there a biblical alternative to these two extremes? ANSWER: Ethnocentrism is the view that one particular ethnic group is somehow superior to all others. The word ethnocentrism derives from the Greek word ethnos, meaning “nation” or “people,” and the ... ~ ~ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 21, 2018 Author #6 Share Posted January 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, third_eye said: The age of rampant misguided ... ~ That's still here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted January 21, 2018 #7 Share Posted January 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Piney said: That's still here. I agree ... but its not as bad as before and sad to say ... its somewhat a two way lane nowadays ... ~ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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