Columbus
I’ve got Columbus Day off today, for the first time I can recall. Most businesses keep chugging away on Columbus Day, and while I appreciate an extra day to get things done I have to say that I don’t think Christopher Columbus is the kind of guy we should be celebrating.
Columbus was a greedy, murderous, slave-trader who cared little for the indigenous people he met: the same people who repeatedly saved his bacon in spite of his cruel behavior. He was deluded to the day he died that he had discovered a path to India. Not exactly a role model, in my book, but I’m grateful for the day off anyway.