Columbus Day Protests

[Sir Moody]

The fact that this monster gets a national holiday is a disgrace.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day

Whether or not his discovery led to the wide spread abuse of the natives is irrelevant since he not only kick-started the abuse personally but was so bad the Spanish Crown, [sarcasm] that paragon of virtue [/sarcasm], actually replaced him after news of his Tyranny reached the court...

There were plenty of other explorers who could be celebrated in his stead for example Amerigo Vespucci - the man America is named after...