Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:15:22 +0000, William Hyde wrote:

jerryfriedman wrote:

On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 9:31:08 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

[extirpating bison]

OTOH, the USA did it deliberately,
as part of scorched earth tactics.
<https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/what-happened-to-the-bison.htm>
It was ecocide as a means for ethnical cleansing.
Hunting for fun, or food, or even leather had little to do with it.

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It seems to me that I've heard of one or two
similar examples, but I can't think of any, so
maybe not.

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Exterminating the animals on which a pastoral foe depends on has a long
history.  It was done, e.g. in Ireland in the late 1500s.  Of course,
with  trains and better guns it became easier.
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As A. L. Rowse frequently noted, events which took place in North
America were often foreshadowed in Ireland.

Thanks, I didn't know that.  But I was thinking of
what Jan called ecocide, killing wild species.
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Jerry Friedman
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