Re: hum....
Actually, I heard that in case of syphilis, it might have been the
other way around. Or is that an urban legend....
Cathy, west central IL, z5b
On Oct 10, 2005, at 8:02 PM, Pam Evans wrote:
> Yeah, I always thought it was silly to make a holiday for the guy
> whose
> people introduced syphillis, smallpox & measles to the New World.
> What's
> next, Typhoid Mary Day?? Please.
>
>
> On 10/10/05, Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> what holiday? just got home from work.
>>>
>>
>> Columbus Day, celebrating a guy who got lost and made the Americas
>> available for plunder and genocide.
>>
>> I wish they had a Magellan day to celebrate a guy who *almost*
>> circumnavigated the globe but got eaten by headhunters instead. At
>> least there the natives won. :)
>>
>> Chris
>>
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