Christopher Columbus does not deserve his own holiday, amirite?

Leif Erikson deserves his own holiday

by Anonymous 12 years ago

HINGA DINGA DERGIN!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

haha oh spongebob..he's the only one who appreciates Leif Erikson

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Patrick did too! ;)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson_Day

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not complaining Day off from school.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I didn't get off, but I'm still acknowledging it...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I used to be all excited that I had the same name as the "discoverer of America" and would brag about it every Columbus Day. Then I realized he really only "discovered" the Caribbean, enslaved/murdered the natives, took everything they owned, and dubbed the people of America "Indians": something that is still present today. Now I wish his name wasn't Christopher.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Although Columbus was not the first, his voyages are of much greater historical importance. He paved the way for European exploration, colonization, and global commerce.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If it werent for him America and democracy and everything else associated with it wouldnt exist so give the man a break if he thought he was landing in India.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

well, you can't say democracy wouldn't exist, you don't know that

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Fine but it probably wouldnt be nearly as widespread or in the same form as you know it

by Anonymous 12 years ago

eh, debatable. America wouldn't exist as we know it, that's true. But I'm definitely not one to complain about him having a holiday

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's not that why people don't think he deserved a holiday, it's that when he arrived in the Americas, he killed hundreds of natives mercilessly.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Hah, angry Brits.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Didn't he direct the first 2 HP movies?

by Anonymous 12 years ago