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More guilt from ManX.
Man, you act like the West was the only civilization that has done horrible things to people in the past. Is it horrible what Colombus and the subsequent conquerers done to the natives? Of course it is. However, every civilazation has it's thugs, even the practioners of the Religion of Peace, even the Native Americans, even the Sub-Saharan Africans, even the Chinese, ect...
Was Colombus a hero for sailing West into the great unknown? Yes, so why shouldn't that be celebrated? Also, you mention that we need to "include this information when discussing the beginnings of Western imperialization of the New World". OK, fine, but teaching our children to feel guilt and hostility towards the West over something they or their parents had nothing to with doesn't do them or society any good
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