Indjuns'

[Tsuyu]

So I was watching some old western wherein the natives were called indjuns. And so the thought struck me; when exactly did the new world settlers realize they were not in India? Surely in cowboy times they were called indjuns out of habit?

 

[Arseface]

Surely the Native Americans discovered America first?

 

[Firis]

What bothers me is the whole idea of celebrating Columbus. The guy had to have been the last one to 'discover' the Americas, and he wasn't even trying - he got lost, thought he was in India, found some people and called them Indians. There were countless explorers here before him, most of whom knew they weren't in India. Vikings made it here before Columbus, and yet we still honor Columbus' series of blunders with a national holiday and we still call the natives Indians.

There is a Leif Erikson day, but no one except the cool kids celebrate it. I too find Columbus day a stupid holiday, and why is their no Native American/Indian memorial day?

 

[Tsuyu]

There's Thanksgiving!

 

[Firis]

At least in my area of the States, Thanksgiving is a religious holiday to thank god for all the wonderful things that have happened in our lives this year, and there is no mention of the Indian.

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

Surely the Native Americans discovered America first?

if you can call wandering in as a neanderthal or being born someplace the same thing as a discovery.

since a discovery is characterized as a find, uncovering, or breakthrough i tend to doubt it. back then there was no distinction between North America and wherever they wandered over from and (more importantly) a land bridge connecting the two.

 

[Arseface]

if you can call wandering in as a neanderthal or being born someplace the same thing as a discovery.

since a discovery is characterized as a find, uncovering, or breakthrough i tend to doubt it. back then there was no distinction between North America and wherever they wandered over from and (more importantly) a land bridge connecting the two.

Well, there was a time when there were no humans there, and then there was a time when there were humans there. Someone had to be the first guy to say, "Hey, lets go live over there."

 

[Arseface]

if you can call wandering in as a neanderthal or being born someplace the same thing as a discovery.

since a discovery is characterized as a find, uncovering, or breakthrough i tend to doubt it. back then there was no distinction between North America and wherever they wandered over from and (more importantly) a land bridge connecting the two.

Well, there was a time when there were no humans there, and then there was a time when there were humans there. Someone had to be the first guy to say, "Hey, lets go live over there."

 

[HobbeBrain]

DOUBLE POST!!

 

[Arseface]

Vbulletin would have sorted that right out.

 

[TRA Rotid]

So. You could say that... Africans discovered Earth.

 

[HobbeBrain]

You could say Dinosaurs discovered Earth.

 

[Tsuyu]

There are millions of years worth of organisms that came before the dinosaurs, bub.

They just weren't as awesome.

 

[HobbeBrain]

Fair enough.

I say that we should hold an "Amoeba Day" in honour of the amoeba's that discovered Earth before anyone else did.

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

Vbulletin would have sorted that right out.

i used to have that problem...until i signed up for a premium gold projectego membership and now my duplicate posts are as dead as my enemies if i had any!
sign up here! for a nominal fee of currency and canned foods...
:cheez:

 

[Drew2686]

I'm going to go with asteroids discovered Earth, right before bombarding it with themselves.

Then it was the bacteria and such, and then [3.6 million years of life history redacted by the bible and etcs], after which us jerks came along in some very primitive states by comparison. America was not "discovered" by anyone...it was merely given an official name and place on the map long after people were already living there.

 

[HobbeBrain]

Asteroids aren't actually alive, so can they discover something, really?

 

[Walker]

There is a Leif Erikson day, but no one except the cool kids celebrate it. I too find Columbus day a stupid holiday, and why is their no Native American/Indian memorial day?

There is. In the US it's on the day after Thanksgiving. (Apparently. Who knew?) And at least a few South American countries replaced Columbus day with, f'rinstance, "the Day of Indigenous Resistance."

 

[Drew2686]

That begs the question: does one have to be alive to be able to discover something? If no, then I'm sticking with the asteroid. If yes, then I'm sticking with the bacteria that was on the asteroid.

 

[D3m190d]

That begs the question: does one have to be alive to be able to discover something? If no, then I'm sticking with the asteroid. If yes, then I'm sticking with the bacteria that was on the asteroid.

If here was a bacteria on the asteroid.

Though, It's also possible that other alien species already looked up to their sky and saw the Earth a long time ago. Maybe they're already on their way. =O