smallpox

[lynxyoukai]

i learned something that truly sickened me today. when we gave blankets with smallpox to the native americans we knew there was smallpox on it. it was a bioweapon planted by us. i had always heard that it was like a mistake but today in my disease class i learned that it was no mere oversight but a purposeful attack on the native american people.

Comments

[ravenofroses]

geh. early european settlers fucked over EVERYONE. any native people that got in the way ANYWHERE was either attacked or shoved off their land. sad, but true. makes me hate humans a little more than i already do....

[satyrblade]

Actually, I've read that the smallpox blankets thing was more-or-less a single incident - a truly horrific one, but not a matter of policy