Ancient Americas

P.J. O'Rourke on Ancient Americans:

"The ancient Americans weren't regular folks. They lived strange, spectacular lives on strange, spectacular continents untrod by man and more remote for them than Mars--or the world of museum curation--is for us. The ancient Americans were tough as hell. They did their share of nasty stuff. But even the Aztec don't deserve to be patronized, demeaned, and insulted by what is--or is supposed to be, or once was--one of the white man's great institutions of learning."

Comments

[Mark Folse]

My, my, someone did not enjoy their outing. That must have been some nasty ticket line. Oh, and what about those pleasant prisoner torturing Angles and Saxons who civilized his human sacrificing Celtic ancestors. Hmmm. Mustn't confuse the issue.

[Marco]

Mark,
Vraiment, the white man's unease is partly due to his standing on sacred ground, non?

[Maitri]

On modern Americans: "Giving money and power to politicians is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."

[Marco]

Mark, to clarify I meant this continent. You also bring up a good point about O'Rourke's tribe.

Maitri, I think they have grabbed it and we have given it away too.