Originally Posted By: dontomasso
No Columbus holiday here.

What did he do exactly? He wasn't the first European to cross the Atlantic by boat. He didn't "discover" anything. There were already civilizations here. When he got here he didnt know where he was. And his "discovery" set off the Spanish atrcities of the following century. Its time to retire Chris.
If this offends Italian Americans, I am all for starting a Meiucci holiday. After all he DID invent the telephone.


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