'Stupid' or 'Ineffectual' ? We do a lot of stupid things because, well, people want to do it. Why do I have to stand for the national anthem at a baseball game ? Who knows, but people want it so ok.
Some of this is simply tradition, and tradition binds us together. We have fewer and fewer things to do this, so I'm okay with standing for the national anthem.
This, however does the opposite.
Well, that's an opening position for a discussion which I can give you credit for.
The Algonquins lay claim to most of eastern Ontario, including the Ottawa valley all the way up to North Bay. I remind you this was all heavily forested and they had no real means of moving around but foot and canoe on navigable rivers. Their total population, including those off reserves, is something like 16,000, or about 4,000 families. The idea that if a member of their tribe ever visited or hunted on a piece of territory it belongs to them through eternity is laughable.
Not in this regard, but you are acknowledging my point which is that it's a dishonest technique.
Not always, and not evidently in this case. The original person quoted said what was said. That his opinion basically is that all this land belongs to the Algonquin, and the settlers should leave and give it back does not change the fact he thinks such statements are meaningless.
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