> > > I *have* actually encountered real people who spell it "womyn." And who do other silly things (we actually have a store on main street that's closed on Monday "in protest of Columbus Day.")
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> > Could you explain this please? What is it about Columbus Day that needs protesting? Is it a feminist thing, or did I miss a subtle change of subject?
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> > winter"Baffled foreigner"mute
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> It's because some people think that the whole reason why Christopher Columbus sailed to this hemisphere was to kill off the American Indian population ("Native Americans!") by spreading smallpox and gonorrhea. The destruction of American Indian tribes by white man (through battle and disease) was all caused by Christopher Columbus. When we celebrate Columbus Day, we're celebrating genocide.
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> According to some people.
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> -Faux "College activists, mainly." Pas

Hrrmmm... So if you celebrate St. Paddy's day, you would be celebrating the extiction of various species of snake? And Independence Day would be a celebration of mass-murder and armed revolt against the government?

winter"I suppose you could do that for all holidays, if you try hard enough"mute