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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:10 AM Original message |
Why do we still have a columbus day? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. Only government offices and banks are closed on Monday |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Schools, too......my kids never had .......... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Not around here. |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. our school district never had Columbus Day off |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Ours always did.....in Ohio.... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. ... nt |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have been calling it |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Deleted message |
jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That's not true or relevant, but welcome to DU! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Deleted message |
jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. They are in the minority of Native Americans, and in the case of |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Most of these........ |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Actually, Tribes do 'raise hell'...... |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. Good Gawd, man......... |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. Native Americans enjoy having a day to celebrate their "discovery" |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. Because in the land of torture, genocide is something to celebrate! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. He's a big deal in the Italian neighborhoods in Boston |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Know whats funny about that? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. Heh, I know |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
13. I have to work on CD Monday,.... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. Why do you hate Amerigo? |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. oh I forgot, chris thought he was in INDIA |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. and they always badmouth that awful Cortez |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. I was making a bad pun... |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I'm hip |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's all about the image... |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. as a part of my religion... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Well, the Norse had Irish maps! |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. That's possibly the best Wilde quote i've ever seen. n/t |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
63. October 9 |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. Because we are here |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. We should take a good look at Thanksgiving, too. |
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TAPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. No kidding, Man! |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. We don't! |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. How is it not a federal holiday there? |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Looks like I'm wrong. |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Columbus Day is one of 10 federal holidays . . . |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. In Minnesota, the state observes the day after Thanksgiving instead |
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importDavid (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
33. It's so.... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
37. It's a day worth commemorating--if not celebrating. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. remember the howls of outrage in 1992 (500th anniversary)?????? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
40. No one can make one celebrate a holiday, I don't for July 4 |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's nothing here in Michigan |
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rolleitreks (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
42. Because his voyage led to the conquest and settlement of the |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I didn't blame him for everything, that's bush's fault |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. thank you |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I think that people should use the day as they wish.... |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. According to knew evidence Columbus may be Spanish. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. And I heard he was Portuguese.... |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Turtle Island.....among others.... |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
44. WE still have columbus day because |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
48. IMO, I think it's okay if kids are taught the truth by middle school |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
50. For shattering another religious myth? |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Aristotle figured out the world was round 2000 years beforehand. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. You make Genocide sound intentional |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. No one sets out to commit Genocide. It's a by-product of dehumanization. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. No, that's not true. Some tribes *do* set out to commit genocide. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Oh, so you're saying |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. In part. Large part. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
51. Because retailers demand it! |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
53. The Italians keep the holiday going. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Its a big holiday for them here |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hell, it's a day off from work! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
61. Nationalistic pride. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
62. We have Columbus day, but Presidential Election day is NOT a National |
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LaReservaPr (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
65. I thought he was from Spain. |
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