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Happy holiday to all who observe it.

Question: Is the landing of Christof Columbus in the west Indies a good reason for celebrating?

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Originally posted by Ponderable
Happy holiday to all who observe it.

Question: Is the landing of Christof Columbus in the west Indies a good reason for celebrating?
What do you think?

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I think yes Columbus performed a great deed with the journey.

But he did bring the aboriginal Indians only bad things.

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Originally posted by Ponderable
I think yes Columbus performed a great deed with the journey.

But he did bring the aboriginal Indians only bad things.
He did bring the original inhabitants bad things, but his discovery changed the world.

Does the good outweigh the bad?

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Originally posted by Ponderable
I think yes Columbus performed a great deed with the journey.

But he did bring the aboriginal Indians only bad things.
If it wasn't him, it would have been someone else.

By then, almost everyone was aware that the world was not flat.

Native Americans are still paying for it today, though. But, yes, the handwriting was on the wall for them by then.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
He did bring the original inhabitants bad things, but his discovery changed the world.

Does the good outweigh the bad?
What if aliens from outer space came down here, colonized and then arrived in such huge numbers that it almost made us extinct, even though several alien races enjoyed technological improvements and a much improved standard of living here.

Would you still be asking if the good outweighs the bad?

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Originally posted by Ponderable
Happy holiday to all who observe it.

Question: Is the landing of Christof Columbus in the west Indies a good reason for celebrating?
You might as well ask, "Is the way the world works a good thing?"

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Originally posted by Suzianne
If it wasn't him, it would have been someone else.

By then, almost everyone was aware that the world was not flat.

Native Americans are still paying for it today, though. But, yes, the handwriting was on the wall for them by then.
Wut? The world isn't flat?

-m.

Well fact me, I thought RJ was still on a cross in the 'olden days'. Where is he, when I need him now, to prove the world is flat?

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Originally posted by Suzianne
Would you still be asking if the good outweighs the bad?
The question is Socratic, not a value judgment.

I'm not taking sides.. just framing the issue for discussion.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
The question is Socratic, not a value judgment.

I'm not taking sides.. just framing the issue for discussion.
Socratestical sidelining?

-m. 😉

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
The question is Socratic, not a value judgment.

I'm not taking sides.. just framing the issue for discussion.
Of course the Vikings were here first. But they were farther north and did not open the New World to trade or exploration.

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Originally posted by mikelom
Socratestical sidelining?

-m. 😉
Something like that.

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Originally posted by ale1552
Of course the Vikings were here first. But they were farther north and did not open the New World to trade or exploration.
And didn't overpower the natives.

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Originally posted by ale1552
Of course the Vikings were here first. But they were farther north and did not open the New World to trade or exploration.
When the Vikings came to Ireland,
they settled and had a positive influence.

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Originally posted by Ponderable
Happy holiday to all who observe it.
Question: Is the landing of Christof Columbus in the west Indies a good reason for celebrating?
For the plunderers, yes.
For the plundered, no.

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