August 16, 2006

Columbus, the tyrant

Christopher Columbus, the man credited with discovering the Americas, was a greedy and vindictive tyrant who saved some of his most violent punishments for his own followers, according to a document uncovered by Spanish historians.

As governor and viceroy of the Indies, Columbus imposed iron discipline on the first Spanish colony in the Americas, in what is now the Caribbean country of Dominican Republic. Punishments included cutting off people's ears and noses, parading women naked through the streets and selling them into slavery.

From the Guardian.

Posted by David on August 16, 2006 9:18 PM

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Ah, the good old days, when people could live closely attuned to their basic instincts and desires and eschew all that prissy civilized nonsense about the Golden Rule and loving your enemy that today...wait...not today, either....

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