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Forums - Politics Discussion - Alaska Renames Columbus Day ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’!

Nautilus on 13 October 2015
MikeRox said:
Nautilus said:

What i want to say is, I dont support any of these pratics, they are horrible and inhuman, but if we are to erase or try to hide every bad side of human history, we are going to praticaly erase almost all of our history, because most of the advances and discoveries we made came atbthe cost of someone or something.The right thing to do is leave the past as it is, to learn from its mistakes and to not make them again, and worry more about the future.


And this is pretty much all I try to say but never manage to put across properly.

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MikeRox on 13 October 2015
LivingMetal said:
Do the indigenous people get free land on that day?


Wouldn't they have to do the other attrocities? Rape, murder, pillage etc?



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LivingMetal on 13 October 2015
MikeRox said:
LivingMetal said:
Do the indigenous people get free land on that day?


Wouldn't they have to do the other attrocities? Rape, murder, pillage etc?


Don't know.  I don't create holidays.  I just enjoy them.



AlfredoTurkey on 13 October 2015

America isn't like other countries. We, for whatever reason, don't hold "culture" as something that is important. I mean, I'm 36 years old and in the short time between say... 1990 and now? I've seen Halloween go from something that is cherished and celebrated to something that just gets in the way of Christmas. That's only 25 years too.



Moonhero on 13 October 2015

Obama will rename it back next time he's in Alaska. ;)



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SvennoJ on 13 October 2015
mornelithe said:
SvennoJ said:
I didn't even know there was a Columbus day. I'm quite sure he didn't discover Alaska anyway.
According to Google it should have been Vitus Jonassen Bering day.

It's a National Holiday, not a State Holiday. 

Yet apparently a state can rename a national holiday...

Btw why stop at Columbus day, thanksgiving is arguably even worse.



mornelithe on 13 October 2015
SvennoJ said:
mornelithe said:

It's a National Holiday, not a State Holiday. 

Yet apparently a state can rename a national holiday...

Btw why stop at Columbus day, thanksgiving is arguably even worse.

No, a State can rename the holiday for the State.  Note that the rest of the country still consider's it Columbus Day.

And yeah, maybe if we rename everything, we'll all forget about history and repeat it!  Great idea!  You should move to Texas. (Context: A textbook in a Texas school district attempted to assign the term 'Migrant Workers' to define Slave Labor)



Teeqoz on 13 October 2015
Nautilus said:

I don't support any of these pratics, they are horrible and inhuman, but if we are to erase or try to hide every bad side of human history, we are going to praticaly erase almost all of our history, because most of the advances and discoveries we made came atbthe cost of someone or something.The right thing to do is leave the past as it is, to learn from its mistakes and to not make them again, and worry more about the future.


The thing is that celebrating Columbus and what he did is exactly that; hiding and erasing the bad parts of human history. ¨

 

Your argument is correct, however it kinda works against you in this case...



generic-user-1 on 13 October 2015

well partly good, columbus didnt discover shit! but they should have renamed it in leif day or thankseriksson



web3x on 13 October 2015
SvennoJ said:
I didn't even know there was a Columbus day. I'm quite sure he didn't discover Alaska anyway.
According to Google it should have been Vitus Jonassen Bering day.


Love it.