Coyotes are being seen on the empty streets of San Francisco

Post by fit2rule » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 9:16 AM UTC

orbital-decay wrote: post #217

crazygringo wrote: post #190

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I'm not sure exactly what those quotes are referring to, but many reports of European settlers to the New World, while technically true, were greatly misleading. Prior to arrival of the Europeans, the continent was full of Native Americans who lived in an ecological balance with wildlife. When the Europeans arrived, the diseases they brought wiped out 90+% of the indigenous population, according to some estimates. By…

> the continent was full of Native Americans who lived in an ecological balance with wildlife Native Americans weren't a monolithic group, and the balance with wildlife is just a part of the noble savage myth, for most of the groups. Maya, Toltec, and Aztec societies deforested Central America quite significantly before collapsing (and before Columbus).

Post by knolax » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 9:26 AM UTC

orbital-decay wrote: post #217

crazygringo wrote: post #190

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I'm not sure exactly what those quotes are referring to, but many reports of European settlers to the New World, while technically true, were greatly misleading. Prior to arrival of the Europeans, the continent was full of Native Americans who lived in an ecological balance with wildlife. When the Europeans arrived, the diseases they brought wiped out 90+% of the indigenous population, according to some estimates. By…

> the continent was full of Native Americans who lived in an ecological balance with wildlife Native Americans weren't a monolithic group, and the balance with wildlife is just a part of the noble savage myth, for most of the groups. Maya, Toltec, and Aztec societies deforested Central America quite significantly before collapsing (and before Columbus).

Post by joejerryronnie » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 9:32 AM UTC

abhiminator wrote: post #231

joejerryronnie wrote: post #223

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I live south of San Jose up against the mountains and our neighbors will post pictures once in a while of mountain lions drinking out of the swimming pools in their back yards. It’s more common in bad drought years.

Are you anywhere near Joseph D. Grant County Park?

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 9:43 AM UTC

knolax wrote: post #243

orbital-decay wrote: post #217

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> the continent was full of Native Americans who lived in an ecological balance with wildlife Native Americans weren't a monolithic group, and the balance with wildlife is just a part of the noble savage myth, for most of the groups. Maya, Toltec, and Aztec societies deforested Central America quite significantly before collapsing (and before Columbus).

> Aztec > before collapsing (and before Columbus) In the alternate universe you come from, who was fighting Cortez?

Post by r6754dw » Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 10:17 AM UTC

fit2rule wrote: post #241

orbital-decay wrote: post #217

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> the continent was full of Native Americans who lived in an ecological balance with wildlife Native Americans weren't a monolithic group, and the balance with wildlife is just a part of the noble savage myth, for most of the groups. Maya, Toltec, and Aztec societies deforested Central America quite significantly before collapsing (and before Columbus).

>noble savage myth Closet racism. There is far more evidence that Europeans destroyed these cultures and ignored their advances, than there is proving this so-called myth. See for example, the Australian FNP. They were far, far more advanced than European propagandists could allow anyone to imagine. We are STILL uncovering major advances in these cultures today.