ebinmaine 80,723 #1 Posted 10 hours ago Have a wonderful day and remember the correct First Folks. 1 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davem1111 2,360 #2 Posted 3 hours ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples'_Day_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopling_of_the_Americas I don't want to stir things up, but what Columbus "discovered" had already been populated for at least 15,000-20,000 years, and new discoveries may be pushing that back into six figure numbers. Kinda like if I said I discovered the automobile in a Walmart parking lot. What happened to the Indigenous people after Europeans came here is fairly well documented but many have been trying to "whitewash" that history... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 80,723 #3 Posted 3 hours ago 26 minutes ago, davem1111 said: stir things up I don't think that is stirring things up at all. And I don't think there should be any confusion whatsoever about it. I also don't think they should be any controversy whatsoever. Facts are facts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 47,363 #4 Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: Facts are facts. That was before AI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davem1111 2,360 #5 Posted 1 hour ago Right on, Brother. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 80,723 #6 Posted 1 hour ago 10 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said: That was before AI. That only matters if AI stands for Actual Information. A LOT of new information comes out every year all across the many fields of science. 30 years ago we thought humans had been in the Americas for 8,000 years. We now know it's been at LEAST 23,000. Likely many more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 32,528 #7 Posted 1 hour ago Nothing to stir. Columbus Day is a governmental holiday. You are free to celebrate it or not, in any manner you wish or not. That’s what makes this Country unique. And something to be celebrated. Warts and all. Same with all the other days, weeks, months etc. for the myriad of events, causes and remembrances... Perhaps we could all look at things as NOT zero sum comparisons... Just a thought. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 80,723 #8 Posted 1 minute ago 1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Perhaps we could all look at things as NOT zero sum comparisons... I absolutely whole heartedly agree in principle. .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
