...not your conclusion.

I don't think Cameron was suggesting we have to return to the days of picking berries and digging roots. I don't think he's saying wisdom and technology are mutually exclusive.

But there's nothing to be learned from white-washing history, pardon the pun. Our ancestor, on ocassion, did things that some of us might find rather terrible.

OTOH, it's equally mis-leading to impose our morality on their world (though that isn't, imho, what Cameron is doing.) Would we attempt to apply the moral ideals of the 1850s to the issues of today (even though it might be an entertaining exercise)?

Remember, Cameron's primarily a dramatist, and a talented one. He paints a picture with good guys and bad guys, and he's not going to give the protagonist a machine gun while the antagonist is shooting arrows. It just wouldn't work from a dramatic point of view.

I loved Avatar because it's an engaging tale and a pile of fun to watch. As a white guy, I didn't feel my heritage was being unfairly attacked by the movie. My ancestors were what they were--products of their time.