[HN Gopher] Christopher Columbus' remains found after 500 years ...
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       Christopher Columbus' remains found after 500 years as DNA analysis
       ends mystery
        
       Author : rmason
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2024-10-12 19:51 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.the-express.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.the-express.com)
        
       | huhtenberg wrote:
       | Here's a better and cleaner source of the same news -
       | 
       | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/11/dna-study-chri....
       | 
       | the-express.com page has 2 scroll-fulls of 3rd party garbage
       | blocked by uBlock.
        
         | mikestew wrote:
         | Boy howdy, you're not kidding. Most of the page is huge swathes
         | of white where the Pi-hole said, "nuh, uh".
        
       | ls612 wrote:
       | Surprising (but heartening) that in all that time the true
       | remains weren't stolen and replaced with someone else's.
        
       | atlas_hugged wrote:
       | Wonderful.
       | 
       | How long is the line to take turns pissing on his corpse? You
       | know what, doesn't matter. I'll wait for however long it takes
       | for my turn.
        
         | khaki54 wrote:
         | Gross. What's wrong with you?
        
           | krapp wrote:
           | Christopher Columbus was one of the most evil men in human
           | history, and indirectly responsible for the genocide,
           | enslavement and colonization of an entire continent, to say
           | nothing of his direct involvement in slavery and violence in
           | the Caribbean. The latter to such an awful degree the Spanish
           | had him arrested for his cruelty and extremism, which for the
           | Spanish says a lot. And he wasn't even that great at
           | navigation or sailing to boot.
           | 
           | If anyone's corpse deserves a pissing on, it would be his.
        
             | khaki54 wrote:
             | You and the Klan share the same opinions about Columbus.
             | 
             | https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/civil-
             | rights/347955-i...
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             | https://knowcolumbus.org/wp-
             | content/uploads/2021/04/discover...
             | 
             | https://www.kofc.org/en/news-
             | room/columbia/2017/september/ch...
             | 
             | Actual historical accounts tell something much closer to
             | the the original story we knew as children. Saying a bunch
             | of deranged stuff with progressive buzzwords sprinkled in
             | doesn't make it appropriate or correct.
        
               | atlas_hugged wrote:
               | These "citations" hahaha
               | 
               | What's the matter?
               | 
               | Can't find anything good said by the natives that
               | suffered at his hand?
               | 
               | What about the words of Columbus himself, or his crew
               | even, describing the atrocities they committed against
               | the natives?
               | 
               | There's no political position that justifies rape,
               | murder, or forced labor to bring him gold at the expense
               | of your head, as demonstrated on a few of their leaders.
               | Grow a brain.
        
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