Mcleanhatch said:
you keep mentioning the 25 or 30 million indiginous people that he (Columbus) killed. which amkes a person thing of the Aztec Empire which lost about 25 million people.
When did I say Columbus killed them? Yes he did kill Natives and he's also responsible for the death of many more, but I never said he personally attacked the Aztecs, he would have been killed had he attacked them, he had no where the amount of men to do it.
Mcleanhatch said:
didnt columbus land on a shitty little island somewhere on the carrabean (SP?)
so how he be responsible for the mass genocide of 25 million Natives??
Yes he did. Is he responsible? FUCK YES HE IS. If it wasn't for him killing, raping, stealing, and murdering other Native people of the Americas, the Conquistadores might not have believed that the "New World" was full of gold.
Mcleanhatch said:
that would be like blaming Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Adams, and the rest of the founding fathers for the actions of Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton and Bush wouldnt it???
As far as I know all of the above (aside from Adams) had slaves, had Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinto, and Bush owned slaves I would sure as fuck blame the founding fathers. Columbus had slaves, Columbus let the Spaniards kill, rape, and sell many of the Native inhabitants. Along came Cortes, he had slaves, he let his Spaniards kill, rape, and sell Aztecs. Monkey see, Monkey do.