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Originally Posted by NCB
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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So basically you want to celebrate him and be proud of him, but you don't want to be remembered to his atrocities because those happend in the past?
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