Sure, there were those that did not want equality in the Civil Rights Movement, did that make those who did any less important or the injustices commited against them any less wrong? Did the despicable methods employed by the IRA in Northern Ireland excuse hundreds of years of hideous persecution and humiliation inflicted upon the Irish people by the British? And the deaths of the FBI agents in Peltier's case were haenous, but shall we forget the many murders of AIM members that went uninvestigated, unsolved, unavanged? How are the murders of these agents and the silence of those who know the truth any less hideous then the murders preceding this event?

I would like to point out that my clinging to idealism should not be confused with naivete. I believe very strongly that this country is guilty of the murders of millions of Native Americans and the subjugation of their people even at this very second, yet I know that had history unfolded differently, had Native Americans invaded Europe as the Europeans invaded this continent the genocide that occured here would have occured there.

Regardless, I appreciate your input.