&#62;It's such a shame. Humans were so peaceful, so quaint. We could have learned so much from them, because all humans lived in great harmony with each-other and with their environment...<p>&#62;...Your reaction would be, "Well, that's about as much detail as is relevant, sure"?<p>No.  In that case, they are making a blanket statement that all humans were peaceful, etc.  In this case I was suggestion that the native Americans who were here before us were not necessarily inferior or incompetent.  I think that statement stands for most any specific native American group, if not all.<p>&#62;Yes, I certainly do have an axe to grind, and it is this: history is rich, and amazing, and valuable, and I wish it to be taught and revered, and not swept under the Rug Of Oversimplification with statements like, "the Roman Empire was grand", and "native Americans were beautiful".<p>Fair enough, but comments get long enough on their own without having to completely qualify every part of every point ever made.