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This is 'Murrica.

seriously such an event should be stopped if it causes all this issues, this or you put like 40+ police officers in every Mall



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That 3rd video is from last year.



V-r0cK said:
As always, this is the best way to give thanks the day after xD

Still not as juicy as what thanksgiving is all about. Black friday comes closer to the real thing anyway.

In 1637 near present day  Groton, Connecticut, over 700 men, women and children of the Pequot Tribe had gathered for their annual Green Corn Festival which is our Thanksgiving celebration. In the predawn hours the sleeping Indians were surrounded by English and Dutch mercenaries who ordered them to come outside.  Those who came out were shot or clubbed to death while the terrified women and children who huddled inside the longhouse were burned alive. The next day the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony declared "A Day Of Thanksgiving" because 700 unarmed men, women and children had been murdered.

Cheered by their "victory", the brave colonists and their Indian allies attacked village after village. Women and children over 14 were sold into slavery while the rest were murdered.  Boats loaded with a many as 500 slaves regularly left the ports of New England. Bounties were paid for Indian scalps to encourage as many deaths as possible.   

Following an especially successful raid against the Pequot in what is now  Stamford, Connecticut, the churches announced a second day of "thanksgiving" to celebrate victory over the heathen savages.  During the feasting, the hacked off heads of Natives were kicked through the streets like soccer balls.  Even the friendly Wampanoag did not escape the madness. Their chief was beheaded, and his head impaled on a pole in Plymouth, Massachusetts -- where it remained on display for 24 years.   

The killings became more and more frenzied, with days of thanksgiving feasts being held after each successful massacre. George Washington finally suggested that only one day of Thanksgiving per year be set aside instead of celebrating each and every massacre. Later Abraham Lincoln decreed Thanksgiving Day to be a legal national holiday during the Civil War -- on the same day he ordered troops to march against the starving Sioux in Minnesota.





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The decline of the western civilization.



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AlfredoTurkey said:
The decline of the western civilization.


Nah, just the United States!



 

Acevil said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
The decline of the western civilization.


Nah, just the United States!


In light of what happened in Paris, I think that's a profoundly ignorant statement. The entire world is fucked.



First video is definitely fake. There are tons of the boxes of whatever still there lying on the floor, so totally no need to steal from the kid.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix

 

First video is clearly fake



AlfredoTurkey said:
Acevil said:


Nah, just the United States!


In light of what happened in Paris, I think that's a profoundly ignorant statement. The entire western world is fucked.


Nah, it is strange to describe, and I cannot quite find the words for it, but Paris thing actually gives a profound sense of unity, even if it is anger in unity. If anything this showcases how much no one cares for other people. Selfishness and greed is pretty much the downfall of most societies (Given I don't want to seem anti-capitalistic, just that well you should care about other beings), hence why I said this seems to be US centric.