Re: Colombus Day
Are you calling the celebration of Saint Patrick's Day, honoring the saint who brought Christianity to the whole of Ireland, a useless holiday!?!?!?!St. Pats day?
And I wonder how many people scorning Columbus's acievements would have the guts to go on a completely uncharted voyage through a ocean of unknown immensity, with no modern aids, on three small wooden ships, and bet their life on what noone knew.
Crazed Rabbit
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
Re: Colombus Day
Well why isn't there a Viking crossing and landing in Newfoundland day? Or a crossing of the English Channel by William the Bastard day? Or the Mongols cross the Gobi Desert day? Or Launch of the Apollo day?Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit
Just because something is important doesn't mean it deserves a holiday.
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
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