24th August is Ukrainian independence day.
Nah, not really in the mood...
Did it come back, or was it caught by the gutter?
If the school director ask, that wasn't me.
Tennis balls were the worst to get on the roof. But footballs came back, and if done well, would make a hell of a teacher-annoying bang on some of the little prefabricated, yet "temporary" units our school used as classrooms.
I love how we’re all tiptoeing around the elephant in the room (no politics on the forum!). Of course war isn’t politics, it’s just war.
Nevertheless, Yuri Gagarin’s first orbit of Earth on 12th April 1961 wasn’t just the feat of a political power that just happens to have currently gone bananas, it was an historical occasion for all humankind. And that, I think, was the OP’s impetus for starting this thread. An historical event of significance. After all, are we to besmirch the achievement of Columbus for what subsequently happened to the Aztecs and the Incas in the Americas? I think not.
Nevertheless, Yuri Gagarin’s first orbit of Earth on 12th April 1961 wasn’t just the feat of a political power that just happens to have currently gone bananas, it was an historical occasion for all humankind. And that, I think, was the OP’s impetus for starting this thread. An historical event of significance. After all, are we to besmirch the achievement of Columbus for what subsequently happened to the Aztecs and the Incas in the Americas? I think not.
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Yuri Gagarin was very humble and is often quoted for wishing peace after he went in space. Most astronauts, of all nationality, were often humbled by how tiny and fragile our world look from space, and how ridiculous our petty disputes sound like.
As for Columbus, he and his family (mostly his brother) committed so many atrocities the King and Queen of Spain themselves were shocked and removed their governance rights upon the newly discovered territories. They were even sent to jail for a time.
His, and his brother's journal are so dark it's not shown to the public. It's very much not NSFW. I had the occasion to learn of one part, where he "gifted" a native woman to his brother. I'll spare you the details, I think you can imagine the rest.
He was a very evil person, and deserve to be remembered as such. But he was also the one responsible for the re-re-re-re discovery of the Americas. At least that one stuck.
Didn't he also bring tomatoes and potatoes back to Europe?
I don't know what life would be without taters and pizza!
I don't know what life would be without taters and pizza!
Thanks Erei. I did not know that about Columbus. Interesting (and disturbing) stuff.