Shouldn't there be a petition to remove Columbus day as a holiday (extremist, myth)

[T-310]

Originally Posted by 3~Shepherds

This I have heard!



Okay, you have a point!

I get double pay for working Columbus Day.

Nothing for stinko de mayo.

[Moth]

One person's celebration is another's tragedy.

The majority in Ulster celebrate the Battle of the Boyne while the minority sulks or throws bricks.

I doubt too many Israeli-Arabs get excited about Yom Ha'atzmaut, but I also don't doubt the majority loves it.

Columbus came. It happened. Short of inventing a time machine, there is nothing much we can do about it.

Perhaps an honest discussion rather than yet another yearly dose of childish polemics?

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by ChrisFromChicago

I mean God, its like having a Hitler holiday

Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) - The Oatmeal


[MOD CUT/copyright violation]

you have a problem with Italians????

[wildflower82]

Originally Posted by T-310

I get double pay for working Columbus Day.

Nothing for stinko de mayo.

You get to join others and celebrate another countries victory and eat Americanized tacos, along with corn syrup margaritas.

At least 'spices' benefited the world!

[wildflower82]

Originally Posted by jjg

and that right there is where i treat this post as a joke.

Tell me one... One kwanza song you've heard. I'm black and i don't know any.

lol

[T-310]

Originally Posted by 3~Shepherds

You get to join others and celebrate another countries victory and eat Americanized tacos, along with corn syrup margaritas.

At least 'spices' benefited the world!

I don't drink booze and I don't eat at Taco Hell.

Gimme my extra money and you can keep the non-holiday for yourselves.

[~HecateWhisperCat~]

Originally Posted by T-310

No he didn't.

He was engaged in the slave trade and some of those sold were girls that age, and sold for sexual purposes. Whether or not he actually raped them isn't known.

[T-310]

Originally Posted by Lucidkitty

He was engaged in the slave trade and some of those sold were girls that age, and sold for sexual purposes. Whether or not he actually raped them isn't known.

So?

Those were the times.

[gwillyfromphilly]

Italian Americans take great pride in Columbus Day. That would be the equivalent of getting rid of MLK Day in January. You just don't want to p**s off these ethnic groups nowadays.

[Haakon]

Originally Posted by Lucidkitty

He was engaged in the slave trade and some of those sold were girls that age, and sold for sexual purposes. Whether or not he actually raped them isn't known.

So did Chief Seattle, he had slaves and also made war on neighboring tribes. So where is the outrage about the name of the city of Seattle? Is that the kind of person "indigenous persons" day is supposed to celebrate?