Thursday, October 30, 2008  Margaret Wente, Shaidle, and the
Moral Dimension  I fell in love with the native people of the
Great White North long before I arrived in Canada. When I was a
kid in Scotland I "borrowed" a book on native legends from the
village library. I'd read it under the sheets at night, with the
aid of a flashlight, and the stories and the illustrations
filled me with wonder.  I knew they came from a rich and amazing
culture. And when I arrived in Canada...after recovering from
the shock of finding no natives in Montreal... I found it all to
be true and their culture even more AWESOME than I thought.  And
the only thing that disappointed and shocked me was to see how
desperately poor they were, and discover how badly they had been
treated. Even though we owe them so much.  As Scott the blogger
points out so well.  So when I heard that Dick Pound had called
natives "savages" it made me shudder. But I figured anyone can
make a stupid remark and he should just apologize for being so
IGNORANT. A