And then if you have some knowledge, you get hit with the Meta; he darkens their lives. It's Stolen Generations and Sterilization and various Experiments and other Crimes of Colonization - destroying their tie to their ancestors and their future. to a large part of how they define themselves.

Yeah.

There are SO many reasons I love love love the animated series.

It is -not- just 'punching a fish to death'. It's a VIOLENT VIOLATION.

Though maybe it needed Mel Gibson directing an actor with a whip to get the proper impact.