FLORIDA ALLIGATORS AND AMERICAN HISTORY
The current alligator hysteria in Florida, whereby 3 women died in gator attacks, has engrossed this state. Skilled trappers have been hired to slaughter alligators because gators have gotten in the way of mankind as it invaded their sanctuary. Gators, waking hungry from a winter of lying dormant and bulls becoming spirited in expectation of mating season, have found naïve people occupying their habitat.
This prevailing attitude of killing anything that comes in America’s way, and invading other’s lands, has also been endorsed by this immoral country. From exterminating over 10 million American Indians to our support of terrorism in Central America--the contras, to invading a sovereign country-Iraq, America shoots first, asks questions later.
The problem with the U.S. is that she tries to impose her ideals and culture on others because she fails to understand and learn other people's beliefs and practices. Americans embrace violence as the first and only means of reliable conflict resolution. This same premise is endorsed by George W. Bush who attacked Iraq without provocation over erroneous intel-- i.e. weapons of mass destruction-- and then failed to take into account Moslem traditions and cultures during the U.S. occupation and rebuilding.
BY CHRISTIAN GATSBY
