Columbus Day

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Those for celebrating Columbus Day:

The Ayn Rand Institute: Columbus Day: A Time to Celebrate

(sorry could not find a video to support Columbus Day - it may be there, just did not see it)


Those against:

YouTube - Happy Columbus Day

 

[Lake View Too]

Fooey on Columbus Day! Every year I can remember, I have always had an important deposit to make, along with a pile of bill payments to mail out, and this silly little holiday sneaks up on me every time, and I'm stifled. Not only that, but I never get any Columbus Day presents... Fooey!

 

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LOL that's funny. No Columbus Day presents? UPS just delivered a package so they are running and you could say I got my gift.

I am curious to hear debate about this though.

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[scooterbug44]

I think we should definitely celebrate Columbus Day, but we shouldn't completely ignore the fact that it wasn't a 100% positive thing for everyone involved. Obviously history is written by the winner or conqueror so a balanced view is always a good thing.

P.S. Columbus never actually set foot on the continent of North America, just outlying islands

P.P.S. My ancestors "discovered" America about 500 years before Columbus!

 

[Lake View Too]

I got nuthin' against Columbus, but there's no build-up, no fanfare to this "wonderous celebration"... no dancing in the streets...and anyhow, how come we don't have a holiday for Americus Vespuces (or whatever his name was). Didn't he get closer than Columbus?

 

[scooterbug44]

Amerigo Vespucci's exploration was focused on South America.
He is known more as a cartographer and inventor of a good way to determine longitude. We did name two continents after him though!