Colombus Day

**Steppe Merc** · 10-08-2005, 23:12

Mabye Colombus was important. But why not celebrate other people who helped shaped today? Why not William the Bastard day, for introducing new influences to England? Or a bunch of people cross the Bering strait (though there were people earlier here than commonly believed). Or Arasces Day, celebrating the fact that by conquering Parthia, he allowed his predescors to restore Iranian culture to Iran. There are a whole bunch of pivotal events and people through out history, that does not mean they need a holiday.

That said, I'd be for it if I got off of school for it. But I don't, so I have the reason to condem it.

**Kaiser of Arabia** · 10-08-2005, 23:31

Originally Posted by Steppe Merc

Mabye Colombus was important. But why not celebrate other people who helped shaped today? Why not William the Bastard day, for introducing new influences to England? Or a bunch of people cross the Bering strait (though there were people earlier here than commonly believed). Or Arasces Day, celebrating the fact that by conquering Parthia, he allowed his predescors to restore Iranian culture to Iran. There are a whole bunch of pivotal events and people through out history, that does not mean they need a holiday.

That said, I'd be for it if I got off of school for it. But I don't, so I have the reason to condem it.

I take off school for it, though they don't give it to us. My way of protesting.

We should celebrate alot more people. Vespucci, Patton, Eisenhower, Lee, Houston, Gates, Lafeyette, etc. But we don't. Why take away things we do celebrate, then?

**Strike For The South** · 10-08-2005, 23:38

I get off

*thinks how happy he is to be attending a lax Texas public high school*

**Soulforged** · 10-08-2005, 23:43

Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia

I take off school for it, though they don't give it to us. My way of protesting.

We should celebrate alot more people. Vespucci, Patton, Eisenhower, Lee, Houston, Gates, Lafeyette, etc. But we don't. Why take away things we do celebrate, then?

I think that you're understimating the impact of the discovery of Columbus, the picture of all the world changed in that critical movement. On the other hand why should I celebrate the day of Eisenhower, Lee, Houston, Gates, Lafeyette? This are only USA celebrities not world wide, Columbus is, at least in western society.

**Kaiser of Arabia** · 10-08-2005, 23:52

Originally Posted by Soulforged

I think that you're understimating the impact of the discovery of Columbus, the picture of all the world changed in that critical movement. On the other hand why should I celebrate the day of Eisenhower, Lee, Houston, Gates, Lafeyette? This are only USA celebrities not world wide, Columbus is, at least in western society.

That's what I'm refering to, because as far as I know, Columbus day is really only that big of a deal in America.