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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:30 AM Original message |
why the (*&% are we still observing "Columbus Day"?? |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Meh. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. you and millions of Americans--that is all they care about--themselves |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't celebrate it |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Many people like parades & many Italians still think Columbus |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. Actually we celebrate having had germs, steel and gunpowder, |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 05:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Anti-Columbus Day has been the most popular topic on my Native Unity |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. "What you want comin' around here in that boat?" |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. we celebrate Easter as well.... |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. Columbus Day was the one day we gave up many years ago. |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. People used to be different |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 06:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I like the solution above, to take the day after Thanksgiving instead |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 06:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Personally, I want two days off for Thanksgiving |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. Bite me |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 06:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. whatever ... so what is stopping your from "colonizing" that big mansion |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 06:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. (delete) |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 06:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Perhaps if it was still the tail of the middle ages, I would |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. are you for real? so murdering all those people is a-ok with you? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yeah, I'm for real. No, murdering people is wrong |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Well said. |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. was wondering when the war on columbus day was going to start..... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
17. Italian-Americans have a good lobby. |
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maine_raptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. If it weren't for Columbus, |
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Red Zelda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. Happy Indigenous Genocide Day! |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
21. Columbus was a murderous asshole. It sickens me that there's a Columbus Day, BUT |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
22. Because FDR and Congress made it a federal holiday in 1937 |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. I think it's difficult to apply modern standards to 15th century thinking. |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. I don't. I get the day off work, but for me... |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
28. Because we need this day for the "incredible" sales |
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