I don't know what that is, but in any event, no, I would like our nation to stop celebrating genocide.
Nobody is forcing you to celebrate anything. If you don't like it, ignore it. You have no right to tell other people what to do.
That argument doesn't really make sense. You're arguing over whether it should be a holiday or not. You say it should be, he says it shouldn't be. So "You have no right to tell other people what to do" is completely irrational, as you're doing the same.
Why should it be a holiday? The guy was obviously a terrible person, and this isn't woven into the fabric of America. This holiday is only 100 years old.
I'm not saying it should be or it shouldn't be, I'm pointing out that wanting to revoke and existing holiday because it hurts someone's feelings is childish.
Haven't you folks remade the country enough?
ok ok we get it America is the great satan enough already!
Yet with all her flaws, people from all around the world crave to come here. I do not think a lot of the people who live here really appreciate how good this country has been to them and the freedoms they have.
:agree: As President Reagan so beautifully stated: ''America is a shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people everywhere." :yes: .... :thumbs:
Yep, he was right. Turtledude or real close to that yesterday suggested that if Columbus day is done away with, to move it to April 15th and have a Tax Day Holiday. At least then we all would get a day off for all the taxes we pay. I liked that idea.
All of us taxpayers like that idea, and they don't even have to do away with Columbus Day, either! :mrgreen:
Down here Columbus Day is just another day except Banks, Post Office and government is closed. The kids go to school which is mystifying to me. The kids had the whole last week off and then go to school on a holiday. But that should not surprise anyone, the kids go to school on memorial day and veterans day too. Crazy
have you any other demands?so this isn't your ****ing heritage either.
I'll get to babysit my granddughter, and we'll have fun baking chocolate chip cookies! win-win! :thumbs:
Nobody is forcing you to celebrate anything. If you don't like it, ignore it. You have no right to tell other people what to do.
I'm not saying it should be or it shouldn't be, I'm pointing out that wanting to revoke and existing holiday because it hurts someone's feelings is childish.
have you any other demands?
they will be dealt with as soon as all of America
pledges eternal hatred for this Spanish\Italian genocide dude?
It has nothing to do with hurting feelings, it has to do with not honoring a terrible, terrible person. Would you oppose a Barrack Obama day?
What the hell are you talking about? You claimed we're all attacking America because we think Columbus day of all things is not a good idea, because Columbus was a gigantic asshole. Do you have any actual arguments as to why it should be a holiday?
And you completely ignored the fact that it was only added 100 years ago. If we created a Barrack Obama day, should we accuse you of being anti-American if you oppose it? Your arguments are weak and nonsensical.
It doesn't bother me if the holiday should remain, but I'm sure we could think of something better to celebrate than a mass murderer.
in some areas Columbus day was seen as a day of honoring Italian immigrants' contributions to America. Some of my Italian friends are pissed when the PC types want to get rid of CD
Equally murky is the matter of Columbus’s nationality. Theories vary as to whether the voyager was Italian, Spanish, French, Polish, Portuguese… the list goes on. Another 2006 study, carried out by some of the same geneticists who looked into Columbus’s death, sought to use DNA once more to solve this second mystery. The bulk of historical evidence points to Columbus being either Spanish or Italian, so the researchers started there. Since the name Columbus is actually “Colon” in Spanish and “Colombo” in Italian, they gathered DNA samples from hundreds of men with these last names – because both their surnames and their Y chromosomes would be passed down from their fathers.
you mean the muslim mulatto that proclaimed America IS NOT a Christian nation?Barrack Obama day
Would a "real" American celebrate Italian-ness or Spanish-ness or Kenyan-ness. Such people have divided loyalties and cannot be proper Americans (with the exception of supporting Israel, THEY'RE troo patriots!)
It has nothing to do with hurting feelings, it has to do with not honoring a terrible, terrible person. Would you oppose a Barrack Obama day?
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