Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) I dont get what u mean by "seen in many ways". Maybe, "Viewpoints vary on the impact of CC". No? I dunno. Im confused on what your trying to say.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) Don't start with the word "And". Doesn't make much sense. Now he didn't really "discover" the New World.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) Historians have disagreements over how Christopher Columbus should be perceived. Columbus is often portrayed as this great hero who discovered the New World, but Columbus was actually a very evil man. There are numerous documentations of Columbus enslaving the natives, who have been living on and cultivating that land for hundreds of years. He spread the slave trade to the natives, trading off thousands of innocent women and children away from their families. He left an ancient civilization in ruins because he thought God wanted this as part of his divine plan. Columbus never did a single good deed on any of his four voyages and is clearly not a hero. He was an imperialist who blindly sailed into American shores. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut from time to time.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) 1st Paragraph: When Columbus accidentally found the “New World”, he decided that it was best to make assumptions and do what he wanted. His first sight of what he termed “Indians” was of a group of attractive, unclothed people. Speculation is that, to him, their nakedness represented a lack of culture, customs, and religion (Wilford 159). Columbus sees this as his chance, to do what he called “Spread the word of God”. Not taking any consideration to what the Natives have developed, he saw they could be easily exploited to do what he wanted. He believed that they would be easy to conquer because they appeared defenseless, easy to trick because they lacked experience in trade, and an easy source of profit because they could be enslaved (Fernandez-Armesto 83). He took no thought in to their language, ideals, culture or even their leaders. Their are many letters showing the arrogance of Columbus. One letter read, in so many words, “I have found many islands filled with people, and I have taken over as their highness...” Again, Columbus never stopped and thought if he could just come in to their land, take what he wanted and do what he wanted. These were not empty islands; they had Native peoples who have lived there for thousands of years only to be demeaned, destroyed and used for slave trading. All he wanted to do was create fame for himself and glorify Spain.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) There are multiple different perspectives from which Christopher Columbus can be viewed. He is praised as the founder of "The New World," a discovery which has earned him the title of "hero." However, while his geographical breakthrough is undoubtedly one of the most significant findings of all time, it does not justify some of his subsequent actions on the new land. After his discovery, Columbus enslaved the Natives who had inhabited the land for centuries upon centuries. Okay. I'm bored. I have my own paper to write.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) I could nitpick some things but it doesn't seem too bad. I think you should elaborate a little on that very last sentence though, sounds a bit simple. I wouldn't be THAT worried, this seems like a fairly easy position to defend.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) I disagree, considering it's a high school essay. Unless you can't think of anything else to write, move on.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) Send some addresses via PM and you'll get your money. 5 bucks a paragraph. So far, Денг Гордон and JCB have 5 bucks.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) Ha. Doesn't matter to me. I won't be able to help you anymore though because I have a paper to write as well.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) Yea. I just did this quick time. I'm a better writer than this, just I got strapped for time.
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) High School is a joke, so I don't respect their standards. I don't even need to suggest anything anymore either, these people have it covered (and I have my own Calc 2 test tommorow). : ]
Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW) Shotgun a paragraph about removing Native American culture from the world.
