2007-11-06 14:37:45 · 5 answers · asked by Klowie K 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
No, he was just made to be that way because of political correctness.The people he was decried for helping to kill off were happily slaughtering each other for religious ceremonies AND for cannabalism long before he showed up. If he was a legitimate criminal it was for crimes he committed when he was a catalan pirate.
2007-11-06 14:44:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Villains only exist in fictional moral tales. Columbus was a man with convictions who thought what he was doing was for God. Evidently what he did was commence the genocide of the native peoples of the Carribbean. To Columbus, that was progress. Convert or die
2007-11-06 23:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by Roderick F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends a little on point of view. Which crimes did he commit? Whom did he betray? Was he knowledgeable of his actions and consequences? If referring to the disease he brought to the American Indians off the coast of America, then he had no knowledge of medicine or disease. Sad, but stuff happens in ignorance. If you are referring to his political ambitions, then that is another matter. He did know what he was doing.
2007-11-06 22:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by Jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. He was only a product of his time.
2007-11-06 22:47:04 · answer #4 · answered by God Told me so, To My Face 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol what no he supposedly discovered America but he didn't since it was discovered by Amerigo Vasvoicie(can't spell his last name)
2007-11-06 22:48:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋