Should there really be a Christopher Columbus Day?

Columbus was very greedy; he voyaged for three things, “Gold, Glory and God”. In his search for gold he killed many people and almost wiped out an entire civilization by himself.
Columbus did many bad things to the natives and he killed almost all of them. He forced them to find gold where there was none, and if they did not find any Columbus would kill them. Columbus also forced the natives to become slaves, most of the natives died on their way to Spain. Columbus and his men threw the native’s corpses over the side of the boat and into the ocean. The natives that did not become slaves worked on plantations or mines where they too would die from the hard working conditions. The natives did nothing to deserve these harsh conditions; they greeted the Europeans to their land with open arms.
Christopher Columbus is very influential in our culture. We celebrate him and his accomplishments on Columbus Day. In fact, the United States honors only two men holidays bearing their names, Christopher Columbus and Martin Luther King, Jr. In January we commemorate the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., who tried to stop racial prejudice and relinquish the remaining bonds of slavery in America, and in October, we honor Columbus, who opened the Atlantic slave trade and launched one of the greatest waves of genocide known in history.

At least he died thinking he was in India. haha

So why do we still honor such a brutal, evil man?

Gee, that reminds me of someone else....

hey your from LA too..
well they dont celebrate it at the schools here....or at most places..
i think its becoming less important...
and yes he was very bad man..he didnt discover america either....

Quoting Kalith:“ Gee, that reminds me of someone else....”

In what way exactly?  

The schools I went to changed it to"indigenous peoples day"


But I went to school in Berkeley, CA so that says alot..

Quoting Resident egg donor:“ In what way exactly?  ”

Locusts, plagues, salt pillars, torture to prove a point.. that kind of thing.  

Fuck Columbus... he didn't discover America. The Native Americans were here first...

i never knew about this until last year in college when my english professor printed out papers. we didnt have the day off and he told us what you stated. no he shouldnt be celebrated. him and his men raped the women and little girls too. they had no mercy

Quoting CaliGrown:“ The schools I went to changed it to"indigenous peoples day" But I went to school in Berkeley, CA so that says alot..”

I grew up in Nevada where it was honored as a day of observance and I believe still is.

Quoting Kalith:“ Locusts, plagues, salt pillars, torture to prove a point.. that kind of thing.  ”

Oh got it.

Quoting Resident egg donor:“ I grew up in Nevada where it was honored as a day of observance and I believe still is.”

thats how it should be!

when my teacher taught us about the trail of tears I just about fell out of my chair..

I mean damn.. that wasway worsethan slavery!

Quoting Resident egg donor:“ Oh got it.”

he kinda reminds me of hilter

Quoting Eric Jr.'s Mommy:“ he kinda reminds me of hilter”

Ok, now you've made me lol. He reminds you of Hitler and me of God.

Ahahaha.

Quoting Kalith:“ Ok, now you've made me lol. He reminds you of Hitler and me of God. Ahahaha.”

Love it.

Perhaps there should be a bash Christopher Columbus Day! J/k! Or am I?