Tell ya this though...put a huge thirsty bully in my backyard staring at my well...see what I do.
I think the man is being driven by self-presavation. Just like our native Americans were.
there is something to be said for looking ahead and focusing on long term effects.
we didn't just ignore the bird flu, and hope it would just go away on it's own did we?
You see a threat coming..what are YOU going to do?
tell ya what..try googling Chief Dragging Canoe and Nancy Ward, and with the knowledge you now have of our present, and their future,and end results of their decisions..tell me if you think Chief Dragging Canoe was a insane, bloodthirsty savage, or "The Dragon" as the settlers refered to him as, and his cousin Nancy a high ranking, turncoat traitor?
If you want to play judge...try it having all the facts in front of you. it is really cool IMO.