Antifa Plans Nationwide ‘Deface Columbus Day’ Monday

[I B Hankering]

Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

I'll admit his "rediscovery" set off a century of exploration of the american continent. it was certainly transformational, maybe worthy of a statue, but a holiday? no.

much of the columbus holiday has been done away in many central & south american countries.

At the end of the 15th century, Europe couldn't feed itself reliably. It was caught in a Malthusian trap. The introduction of the potato from the Americas changed that.

[lustylad]

Originally Posted by Mr MojoRisin

I don't think Columbus was really Italian. I think he was Portuguese.

Nope. But his wife was Portuguese and he spent a lot of his life in Lisbon.

Originally Posted by I B Hankering

At the end of the 15th century, Europe couldn't feed itself reliably. It was caught in a Malthusian trap. The introduction of the potato from the Americas changed that.

Don't forget corn (maize) too. Columbus described it after his second voyage:

"It is a grain of very high yield, of the size of the lupine, of the roundness of the chick-pea, and yields a meal ground to a very fine powder; it is ground as is wheat and yields a bread of very good taste."

[Trey]

At least someone planned something. No one rembers this holiday anyway.

[lustylad]

Stoners can't "rember" anything.

[dilbert firestorm]

Originally Posted by Trey

At least someone planned something. No one remember this holiday anyway.

except for the federal workers