Comments on: Add to Your Map – Lakota Country

By: voice from poland

voice from poland — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:29:00 +0000

Ameryka popiera państwa europejskie w staraniach o niepodległość, nie tak dawno choćby Kosowo. Teraz powinni uznać odrębność terytorialną Lakotów, co jednak się nie stanie ze względu na bum inwestycyjny na ich ziemiach.
Z resztą czemu tu się dziwić nie ma chyba bardziej ordynarnego i interesownego narodu niż USA u nich zawsze chodzi tylko o pieniądze. Może Rosja pomogła by Lakocie w dążeniach do niepodległości w zamian za mozliwość budowy bazy wojskowej na ich terytorium .

P.S.: Good Luck Lakota on your way to independence, it’s a long trip ask EU and UN for support.

By: wildshaun8oo85

wildshaun8oo85 — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:36:14 +0000

I totally agree with badger….

And good luck to the Lakota, I’m proud to be an American but you have to admit that what we did to the Indian Tribes when we “discovered” this “New World” was complete bullshit!!

By: Blogian

Blogian — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:19:37 +0000

Dear Rallie,

Thank you for bringing up the typo to my attention.

By: Blogian

Blogian — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:17:47 +0000

speedracer, thank you for your comment. Actually, “North America” has different meanings. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for example, refers to “Three nations, on the same continent.” It is a reference to Canada, Mexico and the U.S. Of course, the continent as a geographic region includes many more countries and territories, but I use the same understanding that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration does.

Your use of inappropriate language speaks to your wonderful education.

By: speeedracer

speeedracer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:00:02 +0000

right from the beginning this article shows the ignorance of americans and the crap quality of our education system.

there AREN’T only 3 countries in north america. canada, the u.s., and mexico are also joined by everything in the caribbean (antigua, arbuda, the bahamas, barbados, cuba, dominican republic, grenada, haiti, jamaca, saint kitts and nevis, saint lucia, saint vincent and the grenadines, and trinidad and tobago)

as well as all of central america-belize, costa rica, el salvador, guatemala, honduras, nicaragua, panama

and greenland!

there are 23 countries and dozens of small island possesions and territories .

fucking retard.

oh, and how does one ‘succeed’ from america? isn’t it ‘secede’?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:36:29 +0000

In reply to Mark’s comment – firstly, define “civil society” and see if that definition fits the statistics quoted in the post as regards rape, suicide and life expectancy. The life expectancy of the Lakota peoples is lower than the average person in zimbabwe – which if you care to look it up and find time to understand, is a lot further from civil society than anyone in the 21st century should be.
Secondly, your comment on little tribes – please tell me you are not that ignorant. You should be using the word ‘nation’ to describe the Lakota people – shared tongue, history, religion, future – a nation. The way you describe it, you are speaking of fans of the Red Sox.
In the future, if you feel the need to comment on a blog post that deals with an issue of this magnitude, here are some pointers:
research first, then digest the information, then understand other people’s viewpoints, then be quiet.

By: badger

badger — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:42:09 +0000

nothing strange about people choosing to break from an oppresive regime – I’m just surprised they succeeded. I wonder if it will start a trend?

as for not bodeing well for civil society, well, fuck civil society.

By: Rallie

Rallie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:16:26 +0000

TYPO!

“And in case you are thinking ‘who the hell would want to succeed from America’”

You can’t succeed from America, but you can secede.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:10:10 +0000

something like this is very counter-productive to a civil society. it is very unfortunate and bodes well for no one. this is a decent into anarchy. each little tribe once again.