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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6037880" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>I&#039;m certainly not saying there wasn&#039;t warfare among tribes.&nbsp; Well established historical fact.&nbsp; Now do the history of Europe.&nbsp; Of Asia.&nbsp; Talk about the Mongolian tribesmen that conquered everything from China to Eastern Europe.&nbsp; As I pointed out earlier Christianity was the single greatest pacifying force in history.&nbsp; Do you see constant fighting among American Indian tribes today?&nbsp; What I&#039;m telling you is non-Europeans didn&#039;t have a monopoly on warfare and violence.&nbsp; Even after Christianity spread across Europe the powers that be still fought for control and wealth.&nbsp; European colonists came to the Americas primarily because the systems in place in Europe shut a lot of people out of making a decent living.&nbsp; They weren&#039;t walking away from a good life to start over with nothing.&nbsp; And they were willing to fight for the chance to have something of their own.&nbsp; Thus the long history of fighting between the natives and the new arrivals.&nbsp; With both doing brutal things.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 6037880, member: 24302"] I'm certainly not saying there wasn't warfare among tribes. Well established historical fact. Now do the history of Europe. Of Asia. Talk about the Mongolian tribesmen that conquered everything from China to Eastern Europe. As I pointed out earlier Christianity was the single greatest pacifying force in history. Do you see constant fighting among American Indian tribes today? What I'm telling you is non-Europeans didn't have a monopoly on warfare and violence. Even after Christianity spread across Europe the powers that be still fought for control and wealth. European colonists came to the Americas primarily because the systems in place in Europe shut a lot of people out of making a decent living. They weren't walking away from a good life to start over with nothing. And they were willing to fight for the chance to have something of their own. Thus the long history of fighting between the natives and the new arrivals. With both doing brutal things. [/QUOTE]

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