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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would love to change it to something like American Diversity day, that celebrates both our First Nations and the various immigrants who have made our country strong.

Columbus was such an a-hole.  Really the worst of “America.”  [/quote]

Haters gonna hate.

You and everybody else alive today have no idea of the mindset in 1492 so I wouldn't judge him or anyone else that I've never met who died almost 600 years ago.
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But if we're deciding who to honor with a holiday, then "well I wasn't alive so I can't judge him" isn't particularly compelling.  I mean, there are lots of people who died 600 years ago who we can't judge, include many many indigenous Americans whose deaths were the result of this man's choices.

I still think it's weird to honor someone on the birthday of the people   We didn't schedule MLK day on James Earl Ray's birthday.

I think maybe we should disconnect days off from these kinds of value statements.  [b]Be like the Canadians and just have a "bank holiday".[/b]  Then figure out a better way to honor our First Nations than staying home from work.  [/quote]

What have the banks ever done to deserve a holiday named after them? They caused the financial crisis. [/quote]

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