Happy Columbus Day!

Iplayboard · #1 10-10-2005, 12:36 PM

What a [censored] joke. Today thousands of 1st graders are being spoonfeed bullshit about ole Christopher sailing the ocean blue and "discovering" America.

#2 10-10-2005, 12:42 PM

Not where I grew up. We got Columbus Day off.

Peter666 · #3 10-10-2005, 12:44 PM

So true man. When will they finally teach that America was founded by mutant vegetables from planet Zargon.

Beer and Pizza · #4 10-10-2005, 12:46 PM

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What a [censored] joke. Today thousands of 1st graders are being spoonfeed bullshit about ole Christopher sailing the ocean blue and "discovering" America.

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I'm more concerned about all the 1st graders who will be spoon fed the idea that Columbus hated the poor little indians and deliberately killed them off with disease, or how the indians were in tune with nature and communed with the spirits, while Columbus was an evil Catholic.

nicky g · #5 10-10-2005, 12:48 PM

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What a [censored] joke. Today thousands of 1st graders are being spoonfeed bullshit about ole Christopher sailing the ocean blue and "discovering" America.

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I'm more concerned about all the 1st graders who will be spoon fed the idea that Columbus hated the poor little indians and deliberately killed them off with disease, or how the indians were in tune with nature and communed with the spirits, while Columbus was an evil Catholic.

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Columbus did deliberately kill many Indians, and he was an evil Catholic.

Peter666 · #6 10-10-2005, 12:50 PM

BS on all accounts.

nicky g · #7 10-10-2005, 12:54 PM

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BS on all accounts.

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A typically eloquent response.

Beer and Pizza · #8 10-10-2005, 01:15 PM

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Columbus did deliberately kill many Indians, and he was an evil Catholic.

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Some nice religious bigotry there, dude. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Nothing in the historical record suggests that Columbus had any sort of evil intent. Only after Spanish were killed by indians, did any indians get "deliberately" killed. The misunderstandings were two way, do you think the indians were like children or something?

Peter666 · #9 10-10-2005, 01:22 PM

And typical Michael Moore history lesson.

I swear, does anybody read a history book anymore?

Roybert · #10 10-10-2005, 01:53 PM

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Columbus did deliberately kill many Indians, and he was an evil Catholic.

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Some nice religious bigotry there, dude. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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I'm a Catholic.

I feel that Columbus was an evil Catholic.

I am a religious bigot?