(August 30, 2015 at 6:06 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(August 30, 2015 at 12:40 pm)Cecelia Wrote: Leif Erikson does have his own day, so you know. It's October 9th this year.
Honestly, given that Erickson A)has a day so close to Columbus Day anyway, B) has proven to be less of a genocidal shit than Columbus, C) at least landed on the North American continent, and D) At least seemed aware that he had discovered a land completely unknown to his civilization (which Columbus wasn't; he insisted to his dying day that he set foot in India), why not replace Columbus Day with Leif Erickson Day?
Because Italian v. Norwegian riots are an ugly thing to behold and should be avoided at all costs.
