All of this in mind, I will not discuss fatuous repugnant myths concerning Indians and Pilgrims when I sit down to my next Thanksgiving dinner with relatives who live so many states away from mine. I will, instead, remember the suffering that transpired after the "New World" became seen as a land of opportunity -- a fresh spot to environmentally plunder and through which to get wealthy.
Simultaneously, I will contemplate on the deliberate displacement and vicious slaughter of ever so many natives [9] in the last three hundred years, which all together represents a devastation similar to the ones continually sanctioned by the US government in the Middle East and elsewhere across the globe. I will also muse on those destitute relatives of mine, who fled desperate situations overseas to enter this country more than a century ago.
At the same time, I will, also, reflect on my joy to be with family members and the bounty of the fall harvest, a harvest that came despite the lack of water in many farming communities in the Southeastern United States and other locations. In addition, I will recall that many Americans and others do not have enough to eat, nor clean water to drink. As such, Thanksgiving will be a mixed blessing, one in which I affirm all for which I am grateful. Yet, it will also be a time during which I will avow to strive all the harder to ensure that I am as supportive as possible towards other life in the world. The reason for doing so is quite simple in the end. It is because my life and every other one unequivocally depends on this sort of caring provision.
Put another way: "The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.� �� � -Sir Walter Scott
References
[1] A more greatly detailed explanation of "the Other" is located at: Other - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other).
[2] This account can be examined in full in either the book or movie version of the following: Shoah (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoah_(film)].
[3] Assessments of Wal-Mart are located at: Wal-Mart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart) and Criticism of Wal-Mart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Wal-Mart).
[4] This information was obtained from:Drugs companies (http://www.healingdaily.com/conditions/pharmaceutical-companies.htm).
[5] This evaluation is found in:The Laws of the Pharmaceutical Industry | The Dr. Rath Health ...(www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/.../laws_of_the_pharmaceutical_industry.htm).
[6] This quotation is located at: Both sides of the pharmaceutical death coin: Jon Rapporport ... (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_279/ai_n16865289/).
[7] For an overview of Monsanto, please go to: Monsanto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto).
[8] This quotation is from: The Forest (Historical Context): Information from Answers.com (http://www.answers.com/topic/the-forest-poem-5).
[9] The destruction of natives is discussed at: Indian massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_massacre), National Day of Mourning (United States protest) - Wikipedia, the ...[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Mourning_(United_States_protest)]and Native American Genocide(http://www.wicocomico-indian-nation.com/pages/genocide.html).
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