Christopher Columbus

Hero or Villian?

What he did, was it good for the world, or bad?

Im writing an essay on this and I need some input. Theres enough factual evidence to support either way, but I can't choose.

And, it should make a nice dissussion.

He is an evil white man because he found an island, pretended it was something else (said he thought it was India, pssht, hes just a racist white rebublucan) and then convinced a bunch of his pals to exterminate the Indians.

He did help create the America we see today. But thank Henry the Navigator for starting up the whole naval exploration thing. Imagine if China was more like Europe and focused on exploring for material wealth rather than to parade their power to other nations, they might have sailed across the Pacific in their junks and "discovered" America that way.

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^^^not cool, man, not cool. i say hero because of his expedition. it paved the way for many other explorers for years to come. america would be a different place without him. i say villain because of his treatment of the natives which he mistakenly called "indians." if im not mistaken, they were a peaceful people who wanted to trade with christopher, but he managed to enslave them instead. so i guess it depends on how you look at it.

deadeye007 wrote: Didnt you hear the lates Kanye West statement?"Columbus obviously hates tan people." BRad

 

i dont think kanye is ever gonna live this one down...

cdacda13 wrote: DeTrevni wrote: ^^^not cool, man, not cool. i say hero because of his expedition. it paved the way for many other explorers for years to come. america would be a different place without him. i say villain because of his treatment of the natives which he mistakenly called "indians." if im not mistaken, they were a peaceful people who wanted to trade with christopher, but he managed to enslave them instead. so i guess it depends on how you look at it. They were not peaceful. The caribos (sp) cut off the fingers and hands of prisoners of war. The Aztecs sacificed thier prisoners. The iriqous(sp) killed thier prisoners of war. Peaceful, Id say no.

They tried to be peaceful because they were getting outnumbered.

But I applaud those few native Central Americans who pours molten gold down the throats of some European captives because they had "gold fever". LOL, totally bad ass.


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impulse! wrote: He died from syphalis (sp) that std.

The STD that originated in North America. OH SNAP!

WHOA!  These Bats!  Swooping and Diving!  comeon, put the can down, dang it, posting under the influence HAHAHA

I'm with Rambino on this one. He was a hero as well as a villain. My mom told me she read somewhere that if he had a problem with someone, he would just have them hanged, no questions asked. He sounds like an asshole, but then again he did bring European ways to America.