Thoughts (?) on Thanksgiving

[underpants]

Is 8 years old (my daughter) too young to inform someone that as great as Thanksgiving is it was really just a venture capital/land grab scheme to establish a position in the Americas and take it from the Spanish (St. Augistine Fla estab. 1565)?

Maybe we will just let her know that the first Thanksgiving (Va.), and the latter in Mass, were cases of "the locals" feeling sorry for these weird strangers and wanted to see if they could help them not starve.....leaving out the cannibalism part (Jamestown) of course....or maybe we will just play "Alice's Restaurant" for her.

Thoughts?

[MineralMan]

1. Do as you please.

Most people prefer to treat Thanksgiving as an opportunity for families and friends to gather together and be thankful. That always seems appropriate to me.

[Raven]

3. I agree. Family, friends and food. This is what sustains us.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. It's another annual *Shrug* event for us.

"When ritual arises, the Tao is absent." Lao Tse

[11 Bravo]

10. I wonder if Lao Tse would include the ritual shitting on certain customs at good old tolerant DU?

Because it is truly as predictable as the annual FauxNews "War on Christmas" hysteria.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. At least we don't serve canned cranberry sauce.

[11 Bravo]

13. Nor do we. But, hey ... snappy comeback.

[FSogol]

4. Preach a sermon and badger her on the evils of colonialism and empire until she cries!

Of course you could just emphasize the importance of sharing, helping others, and enjoying good food together with friends and family.

Guess which I'll be doing?

[underpants]

6. I know I know

I was just kidding....8 is clearly too young

[FSogol]

7. You should have started when she was 4.

[frankieallen]

5. Since your asking.....my thought is to allow your child to enjoy thanksgiving.

[The2ndWheel]

8. She's your kid

Can't stop at just Thanksgiving though. Civilization has been one giant land grab. It's the largest privatization mechanism ever built.

[FSogol]

9. When the first fish crawled out of the primordial sea and onto land, it was one giant land grab too.

or was it a giant land crab?

[Sheepshank]

11. "I swear to God, I thought they could fly"

is a family traditional chant I seem to enjoy.