[jenistaf]

Originally Posted by susantabler@yahoo.com

I believe Grant owned some slaves.

Grant inherited one slave from his father, a slave he subsequently freed prior to his role in freeing hundreds of thousands more from slavery

[carolandjohn]

Some schools' history curriculum was severely lacking.

[nututv]

Originally Posted by carolandjohn

Some schools' history curriculum was severely lacking.

Not when I was attending. Columbus discovered America in 1492. After the Indians, Vikings and most likely a few others. lol

[carolandjohn]

There certainly are many, many comments about "those people", "savages", "morons", "them:, "they", "thugs" and other names which a lot of writers are hiding behind. Surely you are brave enough to say what you mean.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by carolandjohn

There certainly are many, many comments about "those people", "savages", "morons", "them:, "they", "thugs" and other names which a lot of writers are hiding behind. Surely you are brave enough to say what you mean.

[Scorpyo]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

I think the Spain wiped out the most

Probably because they were first to the party. From all accounts, the French and the British were no bargain either. Really very little has changed. If you look around the world you can witness hardship, strife and hatred. Many countries try to sugarcoat and hide it but the reality is they'd sacrifice just about any other country for their own gain. Wuhan virus comes to mind. They went to extreme measures to protect their own without notifying the rest of the world. A simple telephone call would have had a tremendous impact and if I'm not mistaken they do make cellphones. Let's get back to the statues for a moment. Do you think any statues in China are at risk? I would venture to guess not so much. Why? Because they've already destroyed everything related to their predecessors. Now they have their own version of communist Utopia. Sounds a lot like what's happening today in America. Wipe out our history and they can rebuild it in their own image. The scary thing is the image their trying to create.

[ditka41]

I am highly offended by our cowboy statue. It is plainly sexist, and who knows what is happening to that poor little calf? I could not sleep last night just thinking about the unfairness of it. We should at least have one erected to honor Calamity Jane!

[Taltarzac725]

Did an Irish Monk 'Discover' America? - HISTORY

Heard about this man while playing FunTrivia yesterday.

As to statues being pulled down it seems some people have stopped even thinking before acting and become a mob.

Some symbols should stay, some should go but after careful discussion and planning.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by carolandjohn

Some schools' history curriculum was severely lacking.

Originally Posted by nututv

Not when I was attending. Columbus discovered America in 1492. After the Indians, Vikings and most likely a few others. lol

You just made carolandjohn's point...perfectly.

Forget that there were already millions inhabiting "The America's"...Columbus never set foot anywhere close to the USA.

Columbus (sail here)

Yes, let's ignore the fact that millions of humans already inhabited this land later to be called the Americas, having discovered it millennia before. And let's ignore that whole Leif Ericson voyage to Greenland and modern-day Canada around 1000 C.M.E. If Columbus discovered America, he himself didn't know.

What Columbus "discovered" was the Bahamas archipelago and then the island later named Hispaniola, now split into Haiti and the Dominican Republic. On his subsequent voyages he went farther south, to Central and South America.

He never got close to what is now called the United States.

So, YOUR education (as was mine and tens of millions of others)...was false and woefully incomplete.



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[Luisa]

It is thought?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Luisa

It is thought?

Or the other one you hear a lot on TV......A lot of people are saying.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Scorpyo

Probably because they were first to the party. From all accounts, the French and the British were no bargain either. Really very little has changed. If you look around the world you can witness hardship, strife and hatred. Many countries try to sugarcoat and hide it but the reality is they'd sacrifice just about any other country for their own gain. Wuhan virus comes to mind. They went to extreme measures to protect their own without notifying the rest of the world. A simple telephone call would have had a tremendous impact and if I'm not mistaken they do make cellphones. Let's get back to the statues for a moment. Do you think any statues in China are at risk? I would venture to guess not so much. Why? Because they've already destroyed everything related to their predecessors. Now they have their own version of communist Utopia. Sounds a lot like what's happening today in America. Wipe out our history and they can rebuild it in their own image. The scary thing is the image their trying to create.

Actually you are very wrong about China and their history.

Was fortunate to spend some time touring there last year and saw a lot of history.

From the Forbidden city to Terracotta warriors they do know and study their history.

They are still a communist dictatorship and keep a lot of control of their country.

[Marilyn RIccio]

I suggest 24 hour guards instead of paid employees of community watch driving through in white trucks that cost us hourly wages, cost of trucks, gas and maintenance. They drive through the streets while anyone can enter out gates without guards present.

[Marvic 1]

[QUOTE=carolandjohn;[/QUOTE] There certainly are many, many comments about "those people", "savages", "morons", "them:, "they", "thugs" and other names which a lot of writers are hiding behind. Surely you are brave enough to say what you mean.

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

I thought I did on post # 76.....

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Marilyn RIccio

I suggest 24 hour guards instead of paid employees of community watch driving through in white trucks that cost us hourly wages, cost of trucks, gas and maintenance. They drive through the streets while anyone can enter out gates without guards present.

There are probably 10+ threads to discuss this topic.
BTW who would pay for the guards?