> > Maybe we are smarter than the original inhabitants. They would have been better off if my ancestors had been told to get back on that ship and go home.
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> Would they? I'm not convinced. Seems to me that the way things are now, they have advanced technology, economic strength, plenty to eat, sophisticated and reliable medical care, the freedom to practice whatever orthodox religion or set of tribal beliefs or custom-made voodoo hoodoo whatnot they please, and sufficient leisure time to enjoy the fruits of their labours. And they would be better off than that if the europeans had never settled here? Forgive me if I don't quite believe that.

I wonder why nobody ever gets my jokes anymore?
Howard