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Columbus Day

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:56 pm
by dissent
I just thought the following little essay was very interesting -
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/768409/posts

especially this observation
Now, of course, Columbus Day is under attack as a holiday in the United States by the forces of political correctness. This is primarily an effect of the Calvinist Puritan roots of American progressivism. Just as Calvinists believed in the centrality of the depravity of man, with the exception of a miniscule contingent of the Elect of God, their secularized descendants believe in the depravity and cursedness of Western civilization, with their own enlightened selves in the role of the Elect.
if this morphs over to E&C-ville, so be it.

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:23 pm
by Spidey
Everyone knows the Vikings discovered America… :roll: :P :wink:

/me waits for the obvious oneupmanthingy

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:28 am
by DarkHorse
I've never heard of any fuss about Columbus Day. For that matter, I don't know anything about the commemoration, other than his expedition to the Americas.