tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post7267270708977644535..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: B.C. Boobies, Reduxbigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-72941951663919605262007-05-25T10:03:00.000-04:002007-05-25T10:03:00.000-04:00White europeans were among the first to abolish sl...White europeans were among the first to abolish slavery, which has been with mankind since the beginning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-54859742620566840432007-05-25T08:04:00.000-04:002007-05-25T08:04:00.000-04:00Biff. The style is instantly recognisable.Biff. The style is instantly recognisable.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-87523721110965874022007-05-24T22:32:00.000-04:002007-05-24T22:32:00.000-04:00"The material about West Coast Indian slavery is i..."The material about West Coast Indian slavery is interesting but perhaps not relevant."<BR/><BR/>So PC. <BR/><BR/>So biased.<BR/><BR/>So racistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-55651583547375648162007-05-24T19:27:00.000-04:002007-05-24T19:27:00.000-04:00The material about West Coast Indian slavery is in...The material about West Coast Indian slavery is interesting but perhaps not relevant. Would anon have us replace the murals with pictures of Indians whipping their slaves naked bottoms?<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps we could paint a reproduction of that scene outside of Victoria when settlers sold blankets they knew to be infected with small-pox to the local Indian population, in one of the first known instances of bio-chemical warfare.bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-31120579377438105092007-05-24T17:00:00.000-04:002007-05-24T17:00:00.000-04:00"However, I would like historical proof that it ac..."However, I would like historical proof that it actually existed. Can you tell me which BC First Nation owned, bought and sold slaves?"<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/6865.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-19454783654233386972007-05-24T16:53:00.000-04:002007-05-24T16:53:00.000-04:00"Congress shall make no law respecting an establis..."Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."<BR/><BR/>What this meant was that the US gov't would not select a specific religion to be the state religion, as there had been in Europe. They saw the trouble that it caused. But it in no way implied that there should not be religion in gov't, nor that the states couldn't pass their own laws regarding religion. This is because the states often had their own common religious sects, and their states rights to do as each state saw fit w.r.t. religion was protected by saying that CONGRESS (federal) couldn't make any laws establishing a religion. <BR/><BR/>Only a fool would insist that it means there shouldn't be any religious activity or references at all in government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-64497588864129771712007-05-24T16:17:00.000-04:002007-05-24T16:17:00.000-04:00I've read the comment about BC First Nations being...I've read the comment about BC First Nations being slave owners before and I've never questioned it. However, I would like historical proof that it actually existed. Can you tell me which BC First Nation owned, bought and sold slaves? I'd be interested in knowing given I know neither of mine (I belong to two given my parents are both FN from different areas of the province) didn't. I have friends from various parts of the province and not once did I ever hear it brought up and I haven't heard about it in any meetings I've attended.<BR/><BR/>As for the artwork, who would stand around in the buildings to read about the portrait to get educated?<BR/><BR/>Regardless of the intent, I'm glad it's being moved. People, as they should with art, would get an historical inaccurate pricture of our history and believe it to be true given the location.<BR/><BR/>As for the comment, "respect for our ancestors who built this province". I would respectfully say the province was built centuries before it was ever a "province" so again, it would be a description of Europeans settling, not discovering or building.Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14445269327024056790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-25369732402068403822007-05-24T15:26:00.000-04:002007-05-24T15:26:00.000-04:00too bad it wasn't a painting depicting a slave tra...too bad it wasn't a painting depicting a slave trade auction like the ones that the west coast aboriginals carried on for centuries until the British RN put a stop to it. <BR/><BR/>Imagine, immoral aboriginals being slavers . . someone should apologize and pay restitution. <BR/><BR/>But that can't be depicted in the PC world of liberals& dippers.<BR/><BR/>Pity. The truth can set you free. Them too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-60877860167856943762007-05-24T14:03:00.000-04:002007-05-24T14:03:00.000-04:00Whooee! Was one o' them five options stickin' past...Whooee! Was one o' them five options stickin' pasties on the pointy parts?<BR/><BR/>If it's truly fine art, we oughta look at it in it's historical perspective. I was at the AGO a coupla months ago lookin' at some Ansel Adams photos. On my way out, I took a gander at some of the AGO's collection. There was a 18th century paintin' with a buncha dead animals waitin' to go into the stew. They shot song birds fer snacks an' painted pitchers glorifyin' it.<BR/><BR/>When we look at them paintings -- like some of the guillotine and some other gruesome stuff, we put it into historical perspective. <BR/><BR/>The atheists found it offensive havin' the 10 Commandments in that Merkan courthouse so they had to take 'em out. I reckon they oughta be lookin' at the paintings as historical art but if they find it offensive showin' BBFNW then they done the right thing takin' 'em down just like them crackers done right when they hauled them stone tablets away.<BR/><BR/>JBJimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.com