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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I will celebrate exploring a new frontier and discovering new places.[/b] That was a big endeavor back then and an amazing risk that the finders, sailors, countries took for economic trade route exploration.

What were other societies doing that that point in time?

Frankly I don’t think any protestor could even survive on a tall ship for more than a week before they’d perish from lack of survival skills or work ethic.  Much easier to just sit around and shout. [/quote]

I'm confused. Was America a "new place"? Many people lived there when Columbus arrived.

If you are arguing that he should be glorified for the economic benefit of his work, that might be a valid point. But Columbus is hardly unique in his economic influence. [/quote]

You’re not confused. You just think you have a point yet aren’t well versed in 10000s of years of Western or Eastern Civilizations. There were a great many human accomplishments.

Trade route exploration was a new discovery for millions of Europeans, Africans and Far Easterners.

That has nothing to do with Mongoloids who crossed a land bridge millions of years ago and roamed around continents as hunters and gatherers. [/quote]

I agree that Columbus's work did have a large impact on many, but he is one of many with a comparable impact. [b]Why is is disproportionately honored over other explorers? [/b][/quote]

Because the Catholic Church is organized, and Italians were discriminated against when they came to the US, and since they were organized by the church already they could easily form their own social/religious group (the Knights of Columbus) to get all kinds of pro-Columbus stuff (the holiday, the statutes) accomplished to improve the image of Italians in the US in the early 20th century. [/quote]

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