Columbus Day is NOT a holiday

[SotN]

But out of principle, I'm still taking the day off.

Discuss.

[bballplaya]

Specially since Columbus never even touched America he landed in the Carribbean oh and how do u like my new avatar

[Sinjin]

Ha...but I get Thanksgiving off today, not Colombus...yay for all of us Canadians. Except we have to eat ham today, because my mom bought a bad turkey and didn't realise it until a couple of hours ago. So she took it back up to the store, and they gave her money back AND gave here a new turkey, which was about twenty-something pounds (no joke)- I didn't even know seventy-five dollar turkeys existed.

As for Colombus day, I couldn't really care, but I agree I don't understand how it's an actual holiday.

[Bittabe-be]

It is NOT an actual holiday. It shouldn't even be recognized as one because Colombus never even REALLY discovered America. A bunch of people were already there. How can you "discover" something that already has a bunch of people on it?!?????????
Tecnically, it's not even discovered then! That's like telling someone, that you discovered their car stereo system, but they already knew it was there but you took it anyway because you "discovered" it. It just doesn't add up.

[nestlekwik]

Columbus's only real contribution to history is he instigated westward European travel. Those who have actually studied him know he was a fucking asshole.
I refuse to celebrate a day named after a fucking asshole and has no direct ties with America whatsoever.

[Brainmaster07]

Heh, our school doesn't celerbrate, or even take note of it. In fact, I never even heard of it until last year.

[IAMTHEEVILBEAN]

We should celebrate how much of a dumbass Clumbus was. Thinking Cuba was Japan and all.....dumbass

[plasmix]

I only had school off yesterday because it was part of my Fall Break.

[QreepyBORIS]

Columbus's only real contribution to history is he instigated westward European travel. Those who have actually studied him know he was a #$#ing asshole.
I refuse to celebrate a day named after a #$#ing asshole and has no direct ties with America whatsoever.

I remember that in like May we had a conversation on how he was a dick.

I can't remember my class order, hahaha.


I like Colombus day, it gives me a day off. Shallow, yes, but...it's a day off.


He was born in Corsica.


**NEW DISCUSSION!!!**

Do you think the UK invading India was a good thing, or a bad thing?

Big picture people. Not huge, please.

Anyways...it gave us curry, which I like. Without curry, I am not one with...curry.

Curry!

[Anonymous]

I dont like curry.

[nestlekwik]

Curry's good for you. You should eat some more.

[dontcareaboutmyid]

curry can be good but i've had too many bad experiences with it...