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By: Epic Science Fiction | Random Nuclear Strikes

Epic Science Fiction | Random Nuclear Strikes — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:56:54 +0000

[…] And yet it happened. […]

By: Roman Davis

Roman Davis — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:42:28 +0000

People definitely had a concept of contagiousness before then. The concept of seperating people who are unclean or have diseases goes back to the old testament. The use of germ warfare to spread diseases goes back to Hittites. Dead bodies were used to spread diseases in antiquity. The use of blankets to kill the (in this case, white) enemy happened in the Pontiac War during the siege of Ford Pitt, in the 1760s.

Now, I can’t prove such tactics were ever actually used against the Indians. I can prove, however, that the tactic was being discussed by Lord Jeff in 1763. And that this also coincided with an epidemic of small pox among the local Indians during the next season. If he was in court, there’d be reasonable doubt, but it certainly doesn’t look good. Here ya go:

http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/amherst/lord_jeff.html

Further Reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_biological_warfare#Antiquity
Skip to verse 3 and 4, if you’re short on time:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+13

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By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 06:31:28 +0000

All lies. There was no purposeful infection of the Indians.

From wiki;
Germ theory first proposed by Girolamo Fracastoro in 1546… Italian Agostino Bassi was the first person to prove that a disease was caused by a microorganism when he conducted a series of experiments between 1808 and 1813.

If infection was on purpose then this proves that the Plymouth colony was a group of time travelers.

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By: Vladimir Slepnev

Vladimir Slepnev — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 09:15:56 +0000

They came to kill us and take our land. OMG they’re so alien and incomprehensible! That’s never happened before!

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By: Doug S.

Doug S. — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:31:27 +0000

It’s been done.

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By: MugaSofer

MugaSofer — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:36:24 +0000

This is actually the story of a minor character in the traditional Thanksgiving account – just way more interesting!

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By: Damien

Damien — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 23:06:15 +0000

“blissfully aware”

Missing ‘un’.

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By: Robert Wu

Robert Wu — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:08:46 +0000

interesting story, though I do feel that it is disingenuous of you to constantly mention that the aliens were neither good nor evil, while in the next breath talk about their thorough extermination. It’s a bit like saying steel is neither iron nor carbon because it has elements of both, creating a false impression of a 50-50 split when we know that one element dominates.

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By: asdf

asdf — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 07:09:24 +0000

Doubt it will work.

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By: Lumy Li

Lumy Li — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 02:10:49 +0000

Read it once, thought it as just a strange SF story, but the fish heads line at the last part reminded me about something I’ve read before, then BAM! It FINALLY hit me that this the home world population are the native Americans and the “aliens” are Europeans. Great story, especially for people who don’t know about the original!

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