Dear Clara: I meant the term figuratively, in the sense of paramount loyalty or devotion to a particular group (usually one's own) regardless of the merits of its conduct. --Jurretta (signing off the list for a few days to catch the spring migration on the Outer Banks) On Mar 3, 2007, at 2:27 PM, Clara Callahan wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "mere" tribalism. We > are, after all, talking about a tribe here. Are you saying that > Indian tribes are free to act tribally until they offend someone's > sensibilities, at which point "tribalism" becomes a yucky thing they > shouldn't be allowed to continue? > > Jurretta Heckscher <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Clara: > > I would hope you gonna root for whomever is being treated unjustly. > The alternative is mere tribalism, the source and justification for > much of the world's injustice in the first place. > > --Jurretta Heckscher > > On Mar 3, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Clara Callahan wrote: >> > >> We just finished a couple of weeks of conversation about what those >> whites did to those poor Indians and what those whites did to those >> poor blacks. Now the conversation has turned to what those Indians >> are doing to those poor whites and blacks. So far on this board no >> one is championing either "minority" which, considering the past two >> weeks' conversation, I find quite interesting. What does one do when >> one "minority" goes up against another "minority"? Who you gonna root >> for, the descendents of slaves, the descendents of whites who married >> Indians, or the descendents of Indians? >> This oughtta be good. >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html