Quote: (10-09-2018 10:49 AM)godzilla Wrote:
I agree that Google blows and they are purposely selecting one groups holidays over another.
However, Columbus is just not a big deal considering all the bs google pulls and we don't make threads about it.
Columbus Day is barely a tradition and wasnt a federal holiday until the depression when it lobbied for by Italian Americans.
The stock market is still open and most people work on Columbus Day (and they take off day after thanksgiving). Its likely the Vikings landed here first anyway.
Did the Vikings take over the continent and spread their culture all over the place? No, I didn't think so. And nobody in Europe knew about the American continent until Columbus discovered the route. You can debate this until the cows come home but his discovery significantly and irrevocably changed both the European and American continent. None of what transpired afterwards wouldn't have happened without Christopher Columbus.
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