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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Reflections
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I traveled around this weekend. Far and wide in one of those
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characteristically big American cars. It was a Ford, the manifestation of
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the American industrial adventure. We had two places to reach: The Crow
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Fair, a huge assembly of North American Indians, and the Little Bighorn
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Battlefield. Both places associated with very strong emotions and
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traditions. At the end of the weekend, the only emotion I had was a strong
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feeling of disgust. Disgust at man's hypocrisy and willingness to forget.
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The Little Bighorn Battlefield, not long ago known as Custer
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Battlefield, held the last, great battle between red and white. Here died
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hundreds of soldiers. Outnumbered 9-1 by the united might of the Sioux
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nation, they were slaughtered by the Indians. Why? Foolishness and immense
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arrogance on one side, despair and rage on the other.
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On those hills, two completely opposing mindsets met. One, an
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officer of the U.S. Army, eager for a promotion, out to wipe the red devils
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off the surface of the earth. The other, an Indian Chief, leading the last
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remnants of his once great people in a last chance effort to protect their
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land and way of life. One, a loser in school and else in civil life, a
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coward, know to have been using women and children as living shields to get
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out of battle. The other, an elder warrior, risen in the ranks because of
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sheer courage, ability and wisdom. Custer and Sitting Bull.
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Custer controlled one cavalry, the other an entire people. Custer
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was happy and cheered when he saw the Indian village. Two _miles_ of Tipis
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in a wide valley. He decided to wipe them out in a stroke. Such incredible
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arrogance. He was doomed, and he took his soldiers with him. The young
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carpenter from Ireland who couldn't get a job in New York and joined the
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army. The middle-aged man who was tired of working at the cotton fields in
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the south, and sought a better life in the north. They gave their lives,
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uselessly, in an unneeded and dirty battle, caused by greed alone.
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After the battle the Indians left and spread wide and far. They
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knew they couldn't keep the fight up much longer. The white man had broken
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his word, neglected his own treaties, chased them from front to front, till
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there was nowhere left to go. They had been given "reservations", only to
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discover that no borders mattered where gold was found.
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Today, the whole battlefield is closed area, sacred ground. There
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is a huge stone-monument naming all the soldiers that died in the battle,
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with Custer on top. All over the field, white stones stands to show where
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dead soldiers were found. There is not one single object dedicated to the
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Indians. Yes, an Indian memorial is in the plans, but I find it truly
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appalling that it has taken so long. The memorial will also be raised well
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below the soldier monument. You will be able to look down at it.
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The Crow Fair was interesting, but also disappointing. The
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Indians of today has lost their way of life, and therefore also most of
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their culture. They will never get a chance to regain their way of life,
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and can thus not restore their culture. With few exceptions, they live on
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the most infertile and useless land there is. The reservations serve no
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other purpose than to fool them into the dream of restoring the good old
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days.
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I love America. The vastness, diversity, the melting-pot of
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cultures that it is. The ideas that founded the nation. The fine bonds that
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has kept it mostly united throughout the years. But there are shadowy,
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dark, sides of that story too. The Indians being merely a "good example".
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A ranger, part time history professor, at the Little Bighorn site,
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said that looking back at this event, was like looking through a window.
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Trough that window, you could see blood, greed, despair, all the worst in
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man. Events that should be left behind, and not bother us again. And I
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stare into that window. And I start to think.
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I think of 28 civilians killed by a bomb in Northern Ireland^<5E>kids.
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Of ethnic-religious wars on Balkan. Of a growing Ku Klux Clan. Of 28% of
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German youth denying Holocaust. Of a Middle East on the fringe of all-out
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war. Of people saying that Vietnam was perfectly OK.
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And I start to fear.
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I fear that I am staring into a mirror.
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Mithrandir
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