Comments on: american house

By: JURGEN

JURGEN — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:24:37 +0000

Ron Cobb was the editorial cartoonest for the Los Angeles Free Press (among others) during the mid sixties. The cartoon above was published in a collection of his works called “My Fellow Americans”. An additional collection was titled “Raw Sewage”. All his books are out of print, although his work remains largely pertinant to this very day. He has gone on to a variety of film related work (ref. Wikipedia).

By: j_bryon

j_bryon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:01:33 +0000

This isn’t like my house – I have a basement not a pussy crawlspace!

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:18:52 +0000

@AlecDalek: TouchÃ©.

By: AlecDalek

AlecDalek — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:54:49 +0000

@dieAntagonista: And neither was it with Europeans.

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:39:02 +0000

@AlecDalek: I see. But it wasn't a common thing right

By: Elepski

Elepski — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:06:14 +0000

In all fairness… The USA pays them monthly for each child… and the casinos, and the reservation where they have their own laws.

-My European descent says… Sorry.

-My American Indian descent says… Who got the last laugh; White man!!!

Elepski <—- 1/8th Cherokee Indian

By: AlecDalek

AlecDalek — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:49:11 +0000

@dieAntagonista: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_Nation

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:14:48 +0000

@reboot: Alright I didn't know that. Though the book I learned this from was written in 1990 or so. I'm a little surprised, but thanks for the recommendation. Charles Mann, that sounds familiar, I'll see if I can get that book and read up.

By: reboot

reboot — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:59:27 +0000

@dieAntagonista: This is an outdated view of Native American cultures. Modern archeology is increasingly showing that they were busy clearing forests, diverting rivers, overfarming the land, etc. The untamed wilderness that white settlers encounter was largely what grew back in the couple hundreds years between the time small pox wiped out 99% of the population and colonization began to seriously take place. A good read on the is is the book 1491 by Charles Mann. Or go visit some of the Ansasi sites in the southwest where they drove themselves to near extinction through environmental catastrophe.

By: FlyingMantisShrimp

FlyingMantisShrimp — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:53:08 +0000

@reboot: Did you learn nothing from Pet Sematary?

By: Puulaahi

Puulaahi — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:49:09 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving!

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:42:52 +0000

Oh and I agree, it’s ridiculous to blame any body because of what happened such a long time ago. But you have to admit that it’s a little ironic that this tradition, to celebrate has been kept alive.

By: elzarcothepale

elzarcothepale — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:42:21 +0000

rainbow bridge notwithstanding, the natives were still cooler than you.

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:39:53 +0000

“Theyâ€™d wipe out entire tribes because they wouldnâ€™t help them kill some other tribe.” Can you prove that?

You could argue all day long about how ‘barbaric’ the Indians were. Fact is, all those tribes, lead a balanced life. They didn’t spread like some virus all over the place, but kept the population in check. If one tribe started making more and more babies, until they’d end up in another’s tribe territory, they would eventually kill one of them.
You can’t say it didn’t work.

By: zephyr

zephyr — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:36:33 +0000

@mAgnUS BUTTfoorson: Actually that's... what skulls look like, when the jaw comes loose.

By: reboot

reboot — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:17:27 +0000

In all fairness, the skeletons of Native Americans make a solid foundation material. Very sturdy stuff.

By: BarelyWorking

BarelyWorking — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:14:58 +0000

@Mihai – because their heads are bowed in prayer… stoopid :p

By: AlecDalek

AlecDalek — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:13:37 +0000

@mAgnUS BUTTfoorson: Thanks, I laughed my ass off! @Tuk: I don't have a problem with them existing. I'm just sick and tired of them blaming each and every one of their problems on "the palefaces".

By: DasMaus

DasMaus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:50:20 +0000

I love history. Especially when somebody uses it to try to make other people feel bad. The further in the past the better, that way we are even less understanding of the context of the times.

It happened a long time ago, learn from it, don’t repeat it and get the fuck over it.

But just for arguments sake, the facial features of the guy at the table could indicate Native American ancestry. Ooooo and he’s PRAYING!

By: Mihai

Mihai — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:36:51 +0000

Notice how we can’t see the heads of the people on the other side of the table

By: Tuk

Tuk — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:18:22 +0000

@AlecDalek: Oh, good thing they got wiped out then, those evil barbarians...

By: mAgnUS BUTTfoorson

mAgnUS BUTTfoorson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:16:33 +0000

@AlecDalek: That's not true. I asked Caio and he said that Indians never hurt each other and were actually on the verge of building a rainbow bridge to heaven before the white man showed up and attacked them for no reason. And now we won't let them finish their bridge because white people are evil. PS: funny picture is funny. I especially like the melodramatic expressions on the skulls. Those skulls are in pain!

By: AlecDalek

AlecDalek — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:02:43 +0000

Wow, that’s a lot of dead indians. Of course they killed way more of their own before we every showed up. They’d wipe out entire tribes because they wouldn’t help them kill some other tribe.

By: Exacerbate

Exacerbate — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:46:32 +0000

This must be from The Poltergeist.

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:12:21 +0000

Nice