07-28-2004, 09:40 PM
Christopher Columbus was responsible for the murder of millions of Native American Islanders. He completely obliterted the entire race of people who inhabited Hispaniola. Read chapter one of "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. It details Columbus' conquest of the American islands where soldiers partook in rape, murder, torture, and racial extermination.
In the aformentioned chapter, Zinn describes a law issued by Columbus that stated that all Indians had to find and hand over a certain amount of gold each month to receive a medalion. Those who were spotted without a medalion had their hands cut off and bled to death. Another joyous recounting comes from two soldiers who, for fun, cut off a teenage Indian's breasts and played catch with them.
That is why I hate Columbus.