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Topic	L.A. Votes to Replace Columbus Day With Indigenous Peoples Day
Callixtus 08/31/17 12:06:13 AM #62:	chill02 posted... Callixtus posted... chill02 posted... "there were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over three million people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines. Who in future generations will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewitness can hardly believe it...." Notice that de las Casas didn't mention disease, which was almost certainly the major factor behind the deaths of those Native Americans. well, he wasn't a doctor He's also known for wild exaggerations. I'm not saying that everything he wrote should be dismissed out of hand, nor am I claiming that colonization wasn't brutal more often than not. But to lay the entire history on the single man of Columbus is silly. --- KhanofKhans, KhanJohnson, Saloonist, Basileos <cite>Callixtus posted [p:885757345] in L.A. Votes... [t:75725711]...</cite> <quote><cite>chill02 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Callixtus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>chill02 posted...</cite> <quote>"there were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over three million people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines. Who in future generations will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewitness can hardly believe it...."</quote> Notice that de las Casas didn't mention disease, which was almost certainly the major factor behind the deaths of those Native Americans.</quote> well, he wasn't a doctor</quote> He's also known for wild exaggerations. I'm not saying that everything he wrote should be dismissed out of hand, nor am I claiming that colonization wasn't brutal more often than not. But to lay the entire history on the single man of Columbus is silly. --- KhanofKhans, KhanJohnson, Saloonist, Basileos</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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