It's 10,000 BC, what did your house look like?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Osweld


Aw come on, you don't have to stop saying it on my account.

Um -- I was not going to stop calling them Amerindians beause of you.

[General Ludd]

I agree with MrFun, even if I do think amerindian is a silly phrase and possibly even more offensive then 'indian', but that's not really the point here since I'm not native american and it's not my place to decide what's appropriate.

I was just pointing out how he said Amerindian about 50 times in a single post.


And I'll say it again, MrFun couldn't be a more misleading name. Every time he posts, i can feel the life and will being sucked out of me.

[MrFun]

There are Native Americans/Amerindians who refer themselves as Indians -- but I simply think that it's silly, because they are not in India.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by MrFun
There are Native Americans/Amerindians who refer themselves as Indians -- but I simply think that it's silly, because they are not in India.

Well it's good that you're willing to educate the ignorant savages and let them know where they're from - Amerindia.

[GePap]

In a beautiful sea-side resort with all the latest technology and top notch service, for 10,000 bc that is.

[MrFun]

And where did I ever imply that they're ignorant savages??

I'm on the side of those Amerindians who resent the Indian reference.


And besides, since the word Indian is so fvcking stuck in too many people's heads anyway, Amerindian seems like an easier transition away from Indian.

But anyway, I digress . . . . . . .

[GePap]

And if the question were 10,000 years ago, a nice apartment with a city wall view.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by MrFun
And where did I ever imply that they're ignorant savages??

Oh, I don't know, maybe when you claimed they can't accurately identify themselves?

I'm on the side of those Amerindians who resent the Indian reference.

So you condesendingly stick 'amer' in front of it... right


I just stick with good ol' Native American. No one's ever offended by that (except, perhaps, for some [wannabe] history professors with a stick up their ass. But they don't matter), it doesn't cause any confusion, and it's not some condesending 'compromise' that manages to annoy everyone.

[General Ludd]

And even better, you could call them by their tribe name. You'd have to actully talk to them to do that, though...

[MrFun]

Sure -- maybe I can find time to talk with all the leaders of every single tribe in the Americas.


And I should have put it in a better way than I did -- the word Indian is not offensive for some Native Americans, so they can continue using it if they want to.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by MrFun
the word Indian is not offensive for some Native Americans, so they can continue using it if they want to.

Well, that's mighty generous of you.

[mrmitchell]

My diagnosis is a dirty mind. Here, take these pills and stay away from the furry threads.

I'm the one who misread "Festivus" as "fetus".

A wild stab in the dark of mine is that we lived in caves. Maybe by then the art of the igloo had started to develop, and perhaps some groups built loose approximations of houses. Tents are likely as well. But, caves would have given you the best bang for the buck then.

[David Floyd]

It's not PC bullsh*t -- the people who live in India are Indians.


What part of this do you not understand??

Well, in that case, I'll thank you to call me a United Statesian. There's no such thing as an American, after all

[Ned]

I remember a description of one of the oldest excavations in the ME. It descibed a town composed of mud brick structures that had to be entered from the top. They were all built side-by-side so that one had to walk over the structures themselves to get in or out.

Some of the oldest Indian structures in the SW are like this - I have actually seen them. Those were made out of mud bricks as well and had to be entered from the top. The top entry meant that one could pull up a ladder and automatically have a defendable fortress.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by David Floyd


Well, in that case, I'll thank you to call me a United Statesian. There's no such thing as an American, after all

Do you always try to ridicule legitimate positions on an issue with extreme, unreasonable statements??