Should be a nice weekend in New England. I really want to get some things done.
I keep forgetting that Monday is a paid holiday - Columbus Day. Although there is a lot of evidence that a host of others visited the New World - Egyptians, Chinese, Norsemen, Irish Monks, even the Knights of Templar - Columbus at least made a lasting impression. He was the first to bring European germs to the native Americans (also known as Indians to my politically unsensitive friends). That, combined with European technology and a brutal christian religion that allowed the Indians to be defined as Satanic, spelled doom for the breathren of Nanepashemet. They were subjugated and annialated, and it remains to be seen if casino gambling will finally revive them.
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Italians love Columbus. Rightfully so. Their kinsman was brave enough to change the world.
American Indians have a right to be pissed though.
I keep forgetting that Monday is a paid holiday - Columbus Day. Although there is a lot of evidence that a host of others visited the New World - Egyptians, Chinese, Norsemen, Irish Monks, even the Knights of Templar - Columbus at least made a lasting impression. He was the first to bring European germs to the native Americans (also known as Indians to my politically unsensitive friends). That, combined with European technology and a brutal christian religion that allowed the Indians to be defined as Satanic, spelled doom for the breathren of Nanepashemet. They were subjugated and annialated, and it remains to be seen if casino gambling will finally revive them.
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Italians love Columbus. Rightfully so. Their kinsman was brave enough to change the world.
American Indians have a right to be pissed though.
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