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[bluelife]

Why?

People still setting them off now. No chance of sleep

 

[Sassy Colombian]

They may have discovered it but nobody in Canada is speaking Norwegian or worshipping pagan deities. Columbus was the beginning of Europeans taking over the continent.

For me the reasoning we shouldn’t be celebrating Columbus is precisely because he was the beginning of a period of devastation for the indigenous population that were already living here. Europeans indeed propagated their language, their culture and Christianity but along with it came disease, slaughter, forceful land taking and the destruction of ancient societies. People in America have romanticize Columbus story and legacy but there is historical evidence that his conquest was grim and gruesome thus shouldn’t be celebrated.

 

[Bluesaint]

And that domination is something to celebrate? (Which was the original point). Must have been pretty rough on the people whose home it was.

And to be equally pedantic, not sure those Vikings would have spoken Norwegian either ?

To be fair, it's really no skin off my nose if they celebrate Columbus or not so we'll not fall out over it.

Especially as most Vikings were Danish.(apparently).

 

[woodsyni]

Especially as most Vikings were Danish.(apparently).

Canadians do like bacon, to be fair!

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Mum, 31, gives birth to 14lb 15oz baby boy - the third biggest in the UK

AN OXFORDSHIRE mum has given birth to what is believed to be the third biggest baby born in the UK.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

 

[Yarrgh]

Saw an honest to god old fashioned goth walking down the street. I didn't have a camera on me in case they stopped at a bus stop. But it's the first I've seen in donkeys.

 

[degsy]

You can go to a massage parlour and not wear a mask.
But 10yr old kids have to wear a mask going into a class room.
If they don't they can face criminal penalties.
Yet at age 10 they are under the age of criminal responsibility

Even the Chinese Premier can't believe it

 

[mezzrow]

 

[Groucho]

When will pillow manufacturers realise that the ideal number of pillows is one and a half?

 

[woodsyni]

When will pillow manufacturers realise that the ideal number of pillows is one and a half?

So true!

 

[random]

Interesting short video on how to check the age of your tyres.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

When will pillow manufacturers realise that the ideal number of pillows is one and a half?

No if they are American pillows they are huge.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[summerisle]

Fight ! (if he were still alive of course.)