Should America get rid of Columbus Day?

[ChamberNut]

 

[MN Dave]

Why the hell would we? I get the day off. 

[ChamberNut]

Why the hell would we? I get the day off. 

Sorry, I should have put the question as "Should it be replaced with something else?"  Which would still allow the holiday/day off.

[Keemun]

I can't think of a reason to get rid of it or replace it with something else.  But I will postpone voting to see if someone has a compelling reason to do so.  

[ChamberNut]

Two reasons:

A) Out of respect for the Aboriginal/First Nations people of America.

B) It's pretty much known and acknowledged that Columbus did not discover America first.

[Gurn Blanston]

Tony Soprano would never stand for it...

[MN Dave]

Two reasons:

A) Out of respect for the Aboriginal/First Nations people of America.

B) It's pretty much known and acknowledged that Columbus did not discover America first.

Stop trying to change the world!!!

[MN Dave]

How about "Kick A Canadian" Day?  

[Josquin des Prez]

Two reasons:

A) Out of respect for the Aboriginal/First Nations people of America.

Sorry, but, screw them. Considering what Europeans accomplished in the new world compared to the people that already lived there i can't understand why everybody keeps mourning the passing of what was but a bunch of savages.

B) It's pretty much known and acknowledged that Columbus did not discover America first.

Yes but Columbus brought civilization with him. What did Leif Erikson leave, except for a few archaeological curiosities?

[Harpo]

Yes but Columbus brought civilization with him. What did Leif Erikson leave, except for a few archaeological curiosities?

Define "civilization." 

[Keemun]

Two reasons:

A) Out of respect for the Aboriginal/First Nations people of America.

B) It's pretty much known and acknowledged that Columbus did not discover America first.

A)  They were conquered and the Europeans took over. 

B)  Even so, he did play a significant role in the European settlement of America. 

I'm voting "NO" in the poll.

[MN Dave]

1 a : a relatively high level of cultural and technological development; specifically : the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained b : the culture characteristic of a particular time or place
2 : the process of becoming civilized
3 a : refinement of thought, manners, or taste b : a situation of urban comfort

[ChamberNut]

Stop trying to change the world!!!

Rocky Balboa put it best:

"If I can change, you can change....everybody can change!"

[ChamberNut]

How about "Kick A Canadian" Day?  

[Opus106]

There is a Columbus Day? Just imagine the world had he got his bearings right. JdP probably would have been European.

[MN Dave]

Rocky Balboa put it best:

"If I can change, you can change....everybody can change!"

Change something worth changing.

[Franco]

Rocky Balboa put it best:

"If I can change, you can change....everybody can change!"

But Michael Jackson sang:

If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change

[Songwriters: Ballard, Glen; Garrett, Siedah]

[MN Dave]

Exactly. Start getting rid of Columbus Day by not celebrating it yourself. And that goes for all the other holidays too. Except the days I get off from work and my birthday.

[Opus106]

Stop trying to change the world!!!

Oh, it's you! I thought you were our resident SymphonyNut, schweitzeralan Grazioso. (I believe he had the same painting for an avatar.)

[Opus106]

And just as I post that, you change it.