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Columbus will continue to be one of the great pivotal characters in western and world civilization. He did what no one before him would or could do and his voyages lead to what is agruably one of the greatest ciivilizations in the world.

In a world of war and might makes right, the Indians were overrun by a superior civilization. They made war and enslaved each other. They engaged in cannibalism, torture, human sacrifice, body mutilation etc. They got their asses kicked by a stronger civilization: Europe. This sanctimonious whining about Columbus is a desparate attempt to get emotional reparations.

So let's agree there was slavery and war and disease on evryone's part and the Indians lost. Now what!

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To the Italians: stop defending Columbus. Let the Spanish and English defend the killing of Indians. Let the Hispanics who demonstrate explain the power of Spain used to wipe out Indians who ate and killed each other.