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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:40:18 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

Columbus can be hailed as an accomplished navigator and courageous
explorer, but in my opinion his less noble and more ambitious
motivations make him a much more human and far more interesting
character.


And Plymouth Rock has been moved at least three times that they know
of and there's plenty of evidence that the rock never was involved in
the Pilgrims landing.

So what?

The Vikings were here first anyway. Along with Hawaii, Japan and
Antartica.