dj_catmix wrote:


ah yes Columbus the great discoverer of America without him our founding fathers would not have built our great nation, and the native Americans probably would have been better off; but thats beside the point. you like myself have likely grew up learning that Columbus was this great man who paved our way to this plentiful land or more famously as the man who gave us the day off from school; how demeaning. of course it wasn't till recently that i discovered whats Columbus really did on the shores of America( ie. butcher, slaughter, rape, and pillage or just about how every white explorer did back then. the truth about Columbus was that he was a failure ( he failed about 3 times till the Spanish king thought it was enough; first was a trade route to china, second his promise of more gold than you have use for, and finally his gift of Indian slaves who died due to European disease) people also believe that Columbus was the first to believe that the world was round, but by then it was already an accepted idea(kinda like evolution in our time). the truth was all Columbus really did was discover America( even then there are conflicting information since there is evidence that the Chinese arrived on the west coast before Columbus), that he slaughter all the Arawak's( yes i do mean all as in not a single descendant left on the face of the earth), and that he dies in poverty( probably as a drunk).