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* Read my rant under "Human Actions Bug Me". We clearly haven't learn anything since we're still doing that kind of things
* Seemed to me like they ''did'' learn from history. At some point someone probably sat down and talked things out:
{{quote| "Okay, guys, let's get this 'exploiting the natives' thing ''right'' this time, okay? That means no slipping anyone smallpox-infested blankets, no committing genocide, and ''absolutely'' no nuking anything from orbit."}}
* The humans should have tried turning this around before they even started mining; give the Na'vi a human history book, tell them a few bedtime stories about the Native Americans, Australian Aborigines, and Western Imperialism in general, and let them know how tenacious humans can be when they NEED (or even simply WANT) something. Consider two pearls of historic wisdom that would make the Na'vi think twice before saying no:
{{quote| '''Sam Houston:''' (speaking shortly before the US Civil War) Some of you laugh to scorn the idea of bloodshed as the result of secession, but let me tell you what is coming....Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet....You may after the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, as a bare possibility, win Southern independence...but I doubt it. I tell you that...the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction...they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche.<br />
'''Mark Twain:''' History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably. }}
** Good luck teaching the Na'vi how to read English when they don't have a written language of their own.
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