Originally Posted by Neapolitan

But you don't see too many long houses and tents around like you use too either. And horses were re-introduced to North America btw. They originated both in North and South America but became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene epoch on both continents. Horse virtually disappear everywhere on the face of the Earth execept for the steppes of Ukraine and central Asia. So when you think about it horses had be be introduce to Europe as well and horses are indeed something even Europeans "continue to enjoy to this day" like the Lipenstein Stallion.

And many of the other "conveniences" were developed outside of Europe and where at some point in history introduced there. No one country or people have a monopoly of inventions. Besides Indians gaining your "conveniences" you mentioned the Columbian Exchange brought the potato, corn, and pepper to to the rest of the world, where they had a population boom.

Originally Posted by anticipation

Wow, you must really love Native Americans. So much so that you can call them by an incredibly insensitive racial epithet and still hang out with them.

Originally Posted by Il Duce

- Hendrix didn't even play the blues that well -

Originally Posted by Janszoon

I would rate this as one of your weaker attempts at being controversial. 2/10

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by Bloozcrooz

What did he say that was a racial slurr?

Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I think hes referring to his use of Indians rather then Native Americans.

Originally Posted by Janszoon

The Native Americans I've encountered don't seem to be offended by the word "Indian" at all and in fact use it themselves. In my experience the people who are much more likely to roll their eyes when they hear it used to describe people from the Americas are people whose families come from India.

Originally Posted by eraser.time206

If you can't deal with the fact that there are 6+ billion people in the world and none of them think exactly the same that's not my problem. Just deal with it yourself or make actual conversation. This isn't a court and I'm not some poet or prophet that needs everything I say to be analytically critiqued.

Originally Posted by Janszoon

The Native Americans I've encountered don't seem to be offended by the word "Indian" at all and in fact use it themselves. In my experience the people who are much more likely to roll their eyes when they hear it used to describe people from the Americas are people whose families come from India.

Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I've never really thought of it as derogatory either, but thats for a Native American to decide I guess. I've never heard any East Indians get offended from the term Indian either. The World has become much more pc lately so its always wise to choose your words carefully me thinks, but among my friends we just let go of the pc talk and speak openly.

Originally Posted by Janszoon

I'm not saying east Indians are offended by the word, I'm just saying some of them get annoyed by it being used to describe Native Americans.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

But you don't see too many long houses and tents around like you use too either. And horses were re-introduced to North America btw. They originated both in North and South America but became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene epoch on both continents. Horse virtually disappear everywhere on the face of the Earth execept for the steppes of Ukraine and central Asia. So when you think about it horses had be be introduce to Europe as well and horses are indeed something even Europeans "continue to enjoy to this day" like the Lipenstein Stallion.

And many of the other "conveniences" were developed outside of Europe and where at some point in history introduced there. No one country or people have a monopoly of inventions. Besides Indians gaining your "conveniences" you mentioned the Columbian Exchange brought the potato, corn, and pepper to to the rest of the world, where they had a population boom.