Well, in a way, I think it's a good thing for children to recognize Columbus Day, but as young adults, we know that there is more to the story than this. Columbus wasn't the first person to discover America, it was the people that walked from Asia across the Beringer Straight thousands of years ago.
Also, Columbus wasn't exactly very kind to the native people of the Americas, so I think it's okay to celebrate Columbus Day when you're younger, but as you come to realize Columbus's short commings, people should decide for themselves if he was a hero or not.
As for me, I think Columbus was more of a villian because he couldn't find a kinder more diplomatic way to deal with the natives.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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