Comment on Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day? You Decide! by wolfdog

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 17:10:37 -0700

Why get rid of the explorer who dared to cross this entire ocean, not certain of fate, in a wooden boat with only crumbs as meals and illness high? Crossed the entire Atlantic, thinking it was 'India' at first. But later discovered many people, who have been within the land for thousands of years. Yet have not evolved much, they did not have iron, they did not have paved roads, they did not even have clothes that looked sophisticated. And everybody knows Europe loved to conquer things back in the old days. So. They conquered. And, was it the European's faults for causing illness to the Native Americans? No. They were simply not immune to viruses, vice versa. Small wars raged out, and no, the Europeans were not 'evil' nor were the Native Americans. It was just simply the age of conquering, that was the Old World's thing. (Even the Native Americans conquered local tribes and had small wars.) Nobody is better, reminder. It's just, there would be no America if it weren't for Columbus!