Do you support changing Columbus Day to Explorers Day?

[Deberg_1990]

I guess Columbus history has grown icky over the years and Explorers would be more broad and honor guys like Neil Armstrong.



http://mehlville-oakville.patch.com/...e-columbus-day




OAKVILLE, MO -- Three locals are trying to change Columbus Day to Exploration Day.

The movement started in the living room of Karl Frank Jr. after TV reports of Neil Armstrong’s death. Frank—a Patch blogger and former Mehlville school board member—wanted to honor the astronaut's accomplishments.

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“I have never been a fan of having a Federal holiday named after Columbus's accidental conquest. Like my wife said when I mentioned this to her, ‘Why? Because saying he discovered America is like walking into a grocery store and saying you discovered milk?’” he said in a blog post about the effort.

Frank recruited friends Tom Diehl and Dr. Rod Wright. Diehl is a former Mehlville school board president and Wright is a political scientist and public relations specialist.

The group started a petition for the White House and needs 25,000 signatures by Sept. 27 for officials to review the petition. As of Monday night, their petition has 1,176 signatures.

The movement has officially gone national.

Wired’s Jeffrey Marlow wrote a story Sept. 7 calling for support because Columbus Day's popularity has been decreasing over the years.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan is also gathering votes for the group saying, “Christopher Columbus is to heroes what Pluto is to planets.”

Frank said Exploration Day would allow people to celebrate Columbus, but also any other explorer that’s made innovations in the physical or technological world.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

No way ! But if you want to change Martin Luther King Day to James Earl Ray day I'm all ears.

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[KC Tattoo]

Originally Posted by Chief Gump

I am all for the change.

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I don't have any change!

[HemiEd]

Hell no, just leave some things alone.

[Buzz_TinBalls]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

And I don't mean that in a racist way. It's just that that guy stirred up more shit than Bin Laden himself.

the blood rushed out of my head for a second there.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

And I don't mean that in a racist way. It's just that that guy stirred up more shit than Bin Laden himself.

[Buzz_TinBalls]

I think I need a more detailed explanation for this, hog farmer. If you don't mind..

[J Diddy]

I've reached deep into my soul and concluded that I don't care one iota.

[KC Tattoo]

I can see where this thread is headed.

DC debate class. 3-2-1

[Bob Dole]

We should change it to Rosa Parks Day. That way we'd all be assured a day off work.

[mikey23545]

Originally Posted by Phobia

If we're really worried about Columbus' deservedness, then why are they suggesting Armstrong? It's not like he discovered the moon. He got shot up there intentionally and just happened to be the one. It was either him or a monkey and it was a lot closer than anybody will acknowledge.

I can only surmise there is only one person close to being a monkey, and that would be the buffoon who typed the above post.

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins risked their lives, riding risky technology to a destination no human had ever set foot on.

It was the realization of a dream that inspired mankind since stories have been written, and legends told. Many have stared up into the sky at night, and reached out a hand to touch that ghostly sphere that seemed as though it would always be beyond man's grasp.

Go back to building porches, drinking beer, and ripping rank farts while feeling immensely proud of yourself, and thinking of Neil Armstrong as a glorified "monkey".

I'm sure you'll ban me now, in your monkey-like pique.

[Predarat]

Originally Posted by Bwana

Yeah, that's about the way I feel about it. I don't give rats ass and no matter which way it turns out, I won't lose any sleep over it.

But the schools do close so you have to find someone to watch the kids so you can go to work. Its a sham. Its all a sham.

[Aries Walker]

I am all for this. Columbus is the least deserving of a federal holiday of anyone who gets one, by far. His name on the calender is a disrespect to every Native American in two continents, to start. On the contrary, Explorers' Day - while it would still provide bankers and government workers the day off just the same - would allow for the recognition of all kinds of people, from Leif Ericson to Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark to, yes, Neil Armstrong. If for no one else, it would be a great learning opportunity for school kids.

Outstanding idea.

[mikey23545]

I think it's a great idea as long as we can call the day after that "LibsWithTheirPantiesInABunch Day"

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by mikey23545

I think it's a great idea as long as we can call the day after that "LibsWithTheirPantiesInABunch Day"

You have serious issues. You spend all day talking about and thinking about people you hate.

I personally love it but it is not good from your vantage points.

Are you going to off yourself in November? Where will you donate your extra tinfoil?

[HolyHandgernade]

I like the concept of Explorer's Day much better. It is the spirit of explortion that should be celebrated.

Hog Farmer, I understand if you don't like MLK, but did you really just juxtapose him with his assassin? I don't think you accomlished the point, even if I disagree with it, that you think you had.