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 Bureaucrats Rub Salt in Iroquois WoundsPosted on Jul 14, 2010
The Iroquois nation may have invented lacrosse, but the national team wasn’t allowed into the U.K. to take part in an international tournament because British authorities insisted the Iroquois players use American or Canadian passports. Problem is the Iroquois don’t recognize the U.S. or Canada. The U.S. normally refuses to acknowledge Iroquois travel documents but in this instance had the good sense to issue a waiver.
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By xox, July 15, 2010 at 5:44 pm Link to this comment
Brits are fearful of the competition. You know, that small Englishman stigma .....
Report thisBy rico, suave, July 15, 2010 at 5:26 pm Link to this comment
I love it.
The headline blames “Bureaucrats” because it was in the UK. If it had been a US thing, it would have been “Bush/Cheney hate Indians!”
BTW: Thanks Carl.
And BTW. US Indians are doing just fine at the blackjack tables.
Report thisBy kerryrose, July 15, 2010 at 1:46 pm Link to this comment
Marc
Report thisWe are not talking about tribes, we are talking about Nations. The Iroquois nation already uses its own passports, and for who would it be ‘complicated?’
By Marc, July 15, 2010 at 9:40 am Link to this comment
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With 550 federally recognized tribes out there in the US—most of them numbering a few thousand (thus, with a limited number of technical expertise)—and more waiting for approval. It could be a complicated thing to allow them all to use their own passports.
Report thisBy kerryrose, July 15, 2010 at 2:34 am Link to this comment
The ethnic racism is pretty disgusting on this thread.
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, July 15, 2010 at 2:21 am Link to this comment
Whip up a couple of Iroquois passports at Kinkos and your done.
I wonder if the U.S. will send them a couple of billion in aid and an ambassador?
Report thisBy Carl, July 14, 2010 at 9:20 pm Link to this comment
Yes, the Iroquois should demonstrate their independence and refuse the free medical treatment provided by US taxpayers. They must reject any Social Security payments and other social payments from the evil white man. Cut the water lines, the sewer lines and electricity and go back to hunting rabbits and grubbing for roots. And yes, no more cable TV!
Report thisBy TheHandyman, July 14, 2010 at 6:18 pm Link to this comment
There times when I too wish I could be Iroquois and not recognize the 3 worst killers of indigenous people in the world. They should pass an immigration law like Arizona and deport every American of European descent back to where their ancestors came from. Teach them to treat European savages as if they were civilized people!
The Brits were too afraid that they might get beaten again like they did at the World Cup. The Brits are a bunch of wankers anyway. If I were the Iroquois, next year they should hold an international tournament here and not recognize the Brits!
Report thisBy kerryrose, July 14, 2010 at 6:08 pm Link to this comment
The Iroquois are their own nation. They are not American, so why should they carry US Passports?
How does this make sense in even the most paranoid world view that Iroquois travel documents pose some risk to security?
And who else is getting sick of this continual paranoia? Yes, brown people want to kill us because we have been killing them for generations. The chickens come home to roost. Those of us who have had a boot on our neck throughout history get it.
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