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Mon Oct-11-04 12:48 PM
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Poll question: who wore black in honour of Columbus Day? |
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Edited on Mon Oct-11-04 12:48 PM by arcane1
Just me? :shrug:
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Mon Oct-11-04 12:51 PM
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1. I didn't know it was columbus day but |
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it is a black mark on history none the less.
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Mon Oct-11-04 12:54 PM
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then I celebrate the day as Leif Ericsson and Freydis Ericsdottir Day.
They were here first, and didn't destroy the indigenous population.
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Mon Oct-11-04 12:55 PM
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3. I am not only wearing black |
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my Black tshirt says "Whitey Will Pay"
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Mon Oct-11-04 01:05 PM
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Mon Oct-11-04 01:06 PM
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5. anti-american liberal !! |
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Mon Oct-11-04 01:07 PM
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6. american,spanish, same thing |
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Mon Oct-11-04 01:09 PM
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8. ofcourse they are the same thign |
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they are part of the coalition of the willing!!!!!!!!!!!!
wait they droppped out!! what a surprise!
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Mon Oct-11-04 01:13 PM
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9. dropped out thanks to the Arawak terrorists undermining the election |
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oh wait...
getting my opressed people all mixed up
in my defense, there are too many to keep track of :evilfrown:
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Mon Oct-11-04 01:09 PM
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7. I'm wearing a charcoal-colored shirt, out of coincidence. |
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In honor of no other clean clothes.
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Mon Oct-11-04 01:24 PM
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Mon Oct-11-04 03:25 PM
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Mon Oct-11-04 01:48 PM
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11. saw this website on a protest sign somewhere: |
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Mon Oct-11-04 01:50 PM
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Edited on Mon Oct-11-04 01:51 PM by arcane1
thanks! :thumbsup:
signed that one happily
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Mon Oct-11-04 03:23 PM
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20. I put a black shirt on. |
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Columbus wasn't what they said he was in schoolbooks.
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Mon Oct-11-04 02:06 PM
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13. I wore a dark sky blue pair of pants... |
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with a Route 66 Eskimo Joe's shirt, and a regular blue eskimo joe's sweatshirt. Is this your clever way of asking us what we're wearing today?! :evilgrin: Duckie
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Mon Oct-11-04 02:13 PM
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14. sorry, but it's this kind of thing that gives liberals bad press |
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unless you're an American Indian, it makes about as much sense to wear a black armband for Columbus day as it would for a modern-day Italian to apologize for crimes that the Romans committed.
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Mon Oct-11-04 02:14 PM
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15. it makes even less sense |
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for Columbus Day to be a national holiday
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Mon Oct-11-04 02:24 PM
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16. Yeah, but it's a little late for that |
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just like it's a little late to kick all the white people out of north america.
We're here, deal with it.
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Mon Oct-11-04 02:31 PM
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17. I'll deal with it just fine |
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when a genocidal slave-trader is no longer reverred as a hero
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Mon Oct-11-04 02:52 PM
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19. okay, let's get rid of president's day, too |
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Edited on Mon Oct-11-04 02:53 PM by Nordic
since Lincoln killed a whole ton of Indians and George Washington was a terrorist/insurgent leader.
And Martin Luther King day, since he was a minister and we have to keep church and state separated.
And Easter because it's insulting to people who don't believe Jesus rose from the dead.
And Labor Day because it celebrates working for the man.
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Mon Oct-11-04 03:37 PM
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22. yeah, that makes sense |
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Mon Oct-11-04 04:00 PM
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27. How about a Hitler Day? |
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Using your logic, as long as you're not Jewish you really don't have anything to complain about?
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Mon Oct-11-04 05:01 PM
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Mon Oct-11-04 05:06 PM
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29. well if the indians had kicked us out, there wouldn't be Columbus day |
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and if Hitler had one, well then every day would be Hitler day.
And 500 years later, they'd still be celebrating it.
I just think wearing black and protesting Columbus day makes about as much sense as giving reparations for slavery.
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Mon Oct-11-04 05:32 PM
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30. What's wrong with reparations for slavery. |
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We treated the slaves horribly. We made money off of them, "we" as in the US government and a number of corporations still in existence today. We promised them reparations when we freed them, which they deserved, only we reneged on those promises and their descendants have lived in poverty ever since due to the effects of slavery and Jim Crow laws.
"well if the indians had kicked us out, there wouldn't be Columbus day. and if Hitler had one, well then every day would be Hitler day.
And 500 years later, they'd still be celebrating it"
Talk about not making much sense.
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Mon Oct-11-04 06:51 PM
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37. Can my English ancestors kidnapped by moors get them?(NT) |
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Mon Oct-11-04 06:59 PM
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Which Moorish corporations directly benefitted from English slave labor?
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Mon Oct-11-04 06:47 PM
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36. Minor point of clarification |
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It's only a holiday for federal employees. The federal government does not have the power to declare nationwide holidays.
However, I completely agree with you - the holiday for Italian American pride should not hinge on this man.
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Mon Oct-11-04 03:38 PM
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24. yes because since liberals have been towing the "line" |
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the press has been so very fair to us.
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Mon Oct-11-04 03:39 PM
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25. I fail to understand why some would even think it's a 'librul' thing |
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makes no sense to me...
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Mon Oct-11-04 05:42 PM
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31. i disagree most strongly |
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it maybe too late to reclaim the lives, but it's not too late to fess up the who Columbus was, and to end celebrating his life. If that gives me "bad press" for believing this so be it.
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Mon Oct-11-04 05:44 PM
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33. Think about it, it's a stupid holiday |
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Other explorers aside, we all know Columbus wasn't the first person to discover the Americas. The land was full of people when he got here. Columbus Day basically commemorates the day white people first arrived. It sounds like a holiday the Aryan Nations would invent.
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Mon Oct-11-04 02:47 PM
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18. I forgot it was columbus day |
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It's not a holiday where I work
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Mon Oct-11-04 03:38 PM
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23. fortunately it's not one here either |
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except on company calendars
but the local shops do seem to love having sales on all their 3-rd world sweat-shop wares on this day. Kind of a tribute to one of the early exploiters, I guess...
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Mon Oct-11-04 03:56 PM
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but I hadn't thought to mourn on Columbus Day. Nor do I see any reason for celebrating. I'm sorry Columbus (among others) was an asshole; but I can't honestly say I'm sorry he ever stumbled upon America. The holiday is worthwhile from a contemplative standpoint, if not a celebratory one.
I varied my homeschool lesson for my son today; and we talked about Columbus...both his contribution and the devastation that resulted for Native Americans. We discussed the importance of having respect for people with different beliefs and customs. I'm not sure how much sunk in; but if he hears it for the next 11 years, he ought to get something out of it.
From every evil act, good can grow if we allow it. Inhibitors of that growth are hatred and bitterness on the part of victims; and denial and complacency on the part of aggressors.
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Mon Oct-11-04 05:43 PM
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but only cuz i saw this before getting dressed for work.
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Mon Oct-11-04 05:59 PM
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34. I wore black today but not for Columbus Day |
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My Dad's uncle passed away and today was the funeral.
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Mon Oct-11-04 06:35 PM
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35. I was in a T-shirt and underwear most of the day |
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It was my first day off in a while. I lounged.
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