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Christopher Columbus does not deserve his own holiday, amirite?
by Anonymous13 years ago
Leif Erikson deserves his own holiday
by Anonymous13 years ago
HINGA DINGA DERGIN!
by Anonymous13 years ago
haha oh spongebob..he's the only one who appreciates Leif Erikson
by Anonymous13 years ago
Patrick did too! ;)
by Anonymous13 years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson_Day
by Anonymous13 years ago
I'm not complaining
Day off from school.
by Anonymous13 years ago
I didn't get off, but I'm still acknowledging it...
by Anonymous13 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 Anonymous13 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 Anonymous13 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 Anonymous13 years ago
well, you can't say democracy wouldn't exist, you don't know that
by Anonymous13 years ago
Fine but it probably wouldnt be nearly as widespread or in the same form as you know it
by Anonymous13 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 Anonymous13 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.
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