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Originally Posted by pan6467
Balance is both sides Manx, just as we sgree on some issues we disagree on some. Doesn't mean I look only at one side of you and curse you or believe you to be wonderful. YOU are a man just as I and we make mistakes and I am sure we both have done things we are not proud of and hurt others.
Such is the case with Columbus. To simply say this man was evil and yet not find anything at all in which to believe he had some good in him is as hypocritical and nonsensical as those who make the same claims about Clinton and Bush.
You didn't start this thread balanced.
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I'll say it one more time:
This thread was started at the request to start a thread that listed bad things. The request was not to list any thing, it was specific to those things that are commonly considered wrong. Here is the request:
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Originally Posted by Lebell
Manx,
I would be very interested in reading a new thread in which you outline what you believe to be the sins of Columbus  |
And you can read the entire exchange that brought about the request here:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...59#post1733459
The thread that your criticize for not being "balanced" was specifically created to address 1 side.
Now, going beyond the purpose of this thread created to fulfill a specific request, the question becomes: Does a thread that lists only the attrocities of Columbus do a disservice? And to that I emphatically say: No. Everyone and their brother knows that Columbus marked the beginnings of European civilization in the Americas which eventually brought us to where we are today. They know this because it has been and continues to be the near sum total information that is presented about the man - to the exclusion of this other side. Is it deceptive to state only his attrocities? No, because everyone already knows what is considered his qualities. With the information here you can make a far better informed opinion on the man. There was simply no need for this thread to repeat well known information (even beyond the fact that it wasn't requested).