If you say Col"U"mbia, this is for you!!!!!!!

Sweet Miami says on Aug 29, 2005, 14:24:

THIS MADE MY DAY. YOU DONT KNOW THAT ONE DAY I HAD TO CORRECT WALMART FOR SPELLING COLOMBIA WRONG ON EMERALDS THEY WERE SELLING. WROTE A LETTER AND ALL. CHECK OUT IT IS SPELLED NOW....

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platano says on Aug 29, 2005, 15:13:

We got the country spelled correctly, how about the capital? In 1991 the Constitución de 1991 officially names Bogotá as: Santa Fe de Bogotá DC (Distrito Capital) indicating it is both a city and a capital.

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Crazy Eagle says on Aug 29, 2005, 15:32:

whatsamatta U? Yeah, Christoforo Colombo was not the nicest guy, but someone had to come here and discover the place. Even though he thought he was in India! Man, didn't the absence of cheap curry joints give him a clue?

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platano says on Aug 29, 2005, 16:22:

I discovered Canada... OK, so there were some people there called Canadians but it was the first time I ever went there... oh, you know what I mean... not Erik, not Amerigo, not Leif.... none of them "discovered" anything, except in the sense that I discovered Canada.

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Crazy Eagle says on Aug 29, 2005, 16:25:

you discovered us too! That means you discovered us too! Thank you, now we know where we are!

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poco says on Aug 29, 2005, 16:27:

That explains a lot The Spanish had pox filled blankets for South America and Columbus used the same supplier.

I always wondered why the first mate of the minnow was named Gilligan.

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kernow62 says on Aug 29, 2005, 16:32:

I thought the Santa Fe part of the designation was officially dropped.

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santiBOG says on Aug 29, 2005, 16:52:

Santa Fe correct kernow62, the Santafe part of the name was officially dropped during the Peñalosa administration (thank god!)

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ColomBuenazo says on Aug 29, 2005, 17:59:

COLUMBUS DISCOVERED NOTHING!! -There was NADA to be "discovered" As a Colombian mestizo with Muisca blood and a Latin American in general, it is an loud INSULT to say that this part of the world was "DISCOVERED" by the Europeans. There was NOTHING to be discovered in these lands.
It's certainly relevant and IMPORTANT to educate the ignoramus and make a note that there were ANCIENT civilizations in this part of the world such as the MAYAN, INCAN and AZTEC that rivaled the most complex Mesopotamian civilizations at parallel times. Some of these civilizations flourished and thrived WAY before any European attempt to create civilizations starting with the Cretan Minoans. The CARAL civilization in what is now Peru is estimated to be over 5000 years old, that is to say as old as Mesopotamia.
To say that these lands were "discovered" is to fall prey of the myoptic and disregarding eurocentric perspective to look at the world.
One important fact to wonder about: Had the natives of the Americas conquered, subdued and enslaved Europeans, would have they "discovered" Europe? Why don't we argue then that Europe was discovered by the Chinese or the Indians?
THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE "DISCOVERED". Let's give more well-deseved respect to the Indigenous people of these continents.

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poco says on Aug 29, 2005, 18:43:

In the eyes of the beholder THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE "DISCOVERED".

Not correct, it was discovered some of the indigenous people were cannibalistic, this practice is not kosher.

To say that these lands were "discovered" is to fall prey of the myoptic and disregarding eurocentric perspective to look at the world.

Myoptic differs from Youroptic. Discovery is the act of finding something new to the observer.

I discovered that a nipple ring getting caught on a loose bath towel thread was painful to the wearer. New to me and the wearer. Not that this wasn’t theorized.

Modification of word definitions is myopic and will not change the fact that a beaver is a furry aquatic rodent that builds dams and not a part of the female anatomy except as used as vulgar and offensive slang.

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platano says on Aug 29, 2005, 21:19:

indigenous were cannibalistic, this practice is not kosher Correct, it is not kosher. But it is official doctrine in the Roman Catholic Church in their practice of communion. No modifications of word definitions here: see the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, human flesh is consumed and human blood drunk; it ain't symbolic and, if you believe it is symbolic, you ain't a Catholic.

plátano

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poco says on Aug 29, 2005, 21:36:

Orficial Statement doctrine in the Roman Catholic

Yes, I know of several of these that serve as your personal “lightning rod”. Get over it.

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adrimm says on Aug 29, 2005, 21:41:

As much as I enjoy my life as is (more or less depending on mood and circumstance) I often wonder in what direction indigenous cultures in the Americas would have evolved in over time. We know that some native cultures had established permanenent cities and agriculture, as well as trade. What would have happened over the next 10 K?

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platano says on Aug 29, 2005, 21:52:

poco, I have no problem with it... nothing to "get over".... I simply choose not to participate in cannabalistic acts which is why I never participate in Christian communion. The Catholic church decreed that the metaphor was more than a metaphor and that the consecrated bread and wine do in fact become the body and blood of Christ, although retaining all the physical qualities of bread and wine. That makes Catholics cannibals.

plátano

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kernow62 says on Aug 30, 2005, 12:51:

Oh go on Platano, just a little nibble.

Who's for dinner?

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platano says on Aug 30, 2005, 13:00:

Kernow, you are tempting me into being one of those... wishy-washy, flip-flop, morally relativistic liberals! You should know, sir, that I have absolute and, of course, simple, principles that guide my behavior. ;)

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kernow62 says on Aug 30, 2005, 13:03:

If you eat platanos does that make you a cannibal?

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platano says on Aug 30, 2005, 13:08:

Kernow, la pregunta sobra... I never eat platanos though in my wild youth I did eat "patacón pisa'o" (in handy communion wafer size). However, I have matured (no hasta pudrir!), confessed my sins to my Colombian priest and have received absolution.

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kernow62 says on Aug 30, 2005, 13:51:

What about tu primo, el banano?

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platano says on Aug 30, 2005, 16:57:

I don't eat bananas but I like them... damn, you are causing... me to doubt my long held beliefs against cannibalism. Although I know bananas are related I don't think of them as being of the same family. It's kind of like eating animals (steak, horses, pigs, dogs, etc.) even though we are animals. We just don't eat our species, especially not the best of our species like our Lord Jesus Christ. I guess I consider bananas to be like another species. All this in the mind of a simple platano gets to be very confusing.

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Lucia Rojas says on Sep 1, 2005, 09:28:

This is getting just too funny and ridiculous... jejejejee

What about the banano bocadillo?

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