Tired Old Tune

Listening to talk radio today, I heard someone complain that everyone in America except native americans are illegal immigrants. The border should have been closed 500 years ago. Oh yes, of course, we've heard that one before. Lets talk about it.

In order to break a law, one must be subject to jurisdiction. Exactly what government claimed jurisdiction in what is now the United States? The native americans (who by the way are supposed to have invaded the Americas by way of a Siberian land Bridge) held beliefs that the earth could not be possessed by people and that people are possessed by the earth. Since the concept of borders and property lines were not part of their culture, the concept of jurisdiction could only be applied as a function of proximity to the tribal camp. There was no national government. There were no borders. There was no system to define or record jurisdiction. There was no code of laws that specified limits on immigration. The European Invasion was many things, but it wasn't illegal.

The native americans were free to defend themselves and their culture. In many cases they tried. They took a lot of scalps and prisoners. Their tactics were often times superior, but they had no real nation and no national strategy. They won battles but lost the war. When you are invaded, if you lose the war, someone else ends up in control.

Whitey understands this. That's why Whitey wants to get control of this invasion. Whitey doesn't want to get overrun.