30 March 2006

Stolen? By whom, precisely?

In my previous post, I linked to a photo album which contains this photo

If you will look in the upper right corner of the photo, you will notice a sign that says, “THIS IS STOLEN LAND”.  That is an interesting proposition.  To whom might the sign be referring?  To the Spaniards, who stole it from the “natives”?  To the Mexicans, who, after gaining independence from Spain, kept it?  To the Russians, who stole Alaska—and a bit more—from the Eskimos?  I mean, this sign couldn’t really be referring to the US, could it?  After all, the US paid millions of (nineteenth century) dollars (to the Mexicans, the French, and the Russians) for the land that these people think we stole!  (I know.  I know.  There are those who would like to think that we purchased this land by pointing our guns at the Mexicans.  But, really, who points a gun at someone and says, “Here, let me give you some money that will help you pay a great many of your debts”?)

Besides, I thought it was wrong for one group to force its morality on another.  By telling us that we shouldn’t have stolen that land, aren’t these people sorting of forcing their morality on us?  And aren’t they also doing so by, well, trying to steal it back after we bought it fair and square and telling us that we deserve it for stealing it in the first place?

There’s something else.  I thought Mexico was so bad that this is why they are coming here.  By flying the flag of Mexico (a country they are supposed fleeing from) flag here (in a country they are supposedly fleeing to) aren’t they saying “This land should be part of the hell-hole I just left”?  To where would they then flee?

Anyway, you can see more pictures of the new conquistadores at work here.

Tags: Aztlan, reconquista, illegal immigration.

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