[wideawake]

American Indians suffered terribly under European rule. There is no argument, no excuse.

Give me a break.

The best thing that ever happened to them was European rule.

Few people have any idea how nasty and brutal life in these tribes was until they were civilized.

[bowzer313]

What did Columbus find when he got here? Appalling atrocities of human sacrifice, cannibalism, child killing, rape, torture, tribal war, mass murder, rivers of blood and mountains of skulls! All caused by those pristine and pure "Indians". Let's at least get the facts straight!

[Terpesman]

I feel real bad for the Native Americans.... apparently they are the only people in history to be murdered, tortured, raped, pillaged, robbed, enslaved, or kidnapped!

[Verginius Rufus]

Why Columbus? He wasn't the first European to see America. As far as we know (ignoring unverified stories about St. Brendan and the like) the first European to see any of North America was a Norseman in 986--Bjarni Herjolfsson. He has the added merit of never having actually landed, so he didn't cause any harm to indigenous peoples, plants, or animals.

[Rakkasan1]

I think reparations are in order.(not)

[freedumb2003]

In recent years she's witnessed protesters brandishing signs that call Italians "Mafia scum."

Standard Leftie "multiculturalism."

[John O]

Their only wining because they lost.

In the battle of cultures European culture of that day beat the indian culture. No big deal. We won get over it