> What do you expect. Columbus was Genoan. At the time Genoa was about the > biggest slave merchants in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. So his > behavior was thought as normal at the time.
Yes, at the time. I'm all for cultural relativism, but are these the actions of a man we should be treating as a hero today? -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367836 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
