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I don't really agree with this because even  if it was in the 15th Century, it is still wrong to be celebrating someone who did bad things since things have changed since then. It is okay to judge a bad person.

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a bad action is a bad action it doesn't matter the era its in, some people may find it worse now rather then many years ago but its still bad.

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Because we judge people from the past by the most recent standards we can learn and improve our standards. This is also helps us to not repeat past tragic history events.

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Just because it happened in the past does not justify what someone did. Say tomorrow the law changes so that I can legally steal from anyone, just because it is legal does not mean its ok to do

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its the 15th century so its not modern standards

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there are mixed thoughts about Columbus. People see him as a bad guy because of what he did to the Native Americans. This quote makes me think a little; it makes sense. Modern day is so much different than it was, but Columbus didn't have to kill several and imprison people

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there are mixed thoughts about Columbus. People see him as a bad guy because of what he did to the Native Americans. This quote makes me think a little; it makes sense. Modern day is so much different than it was, but Columbus didn't have to kill several and imprison people

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It's important to consider historical context of the time, but also to question the morality of the actions.

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I think you can because it doesnt matter how people thought back then Its about how much he affected people and how people are still affected  by the horrible things he did

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I think you can because it doesnt matter how people thought back then Its about how much he affected people and how people are still affected  by the horrible things he did

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This is true, but we shouldn't still be celebrating what he did. It's modern times now, why are we judging the event by ancient standards.

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It was still a terrible thing to do to people no matter what standards there were

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Someone's actions can still be considered bad, it doesn't matter when the actions took place

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Someone's actions can still be considered bad, it doesn't matter when the actions took place

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Yes there are a lot of people in history who did good things in a certain category and bad things in another category, but that can't be an excuse to ignore the things they did wrong.

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I think not judging the past by modern standards is only a valid argument when the past has no effect on our modern world. When the person or event your trying to protect from modern judgement has had a lasting negative effect, than that negative effect is the legacy left, and therefore what we should remember.

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I agree that standards for somebody from 600 years ago are different from today's standards

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Just because the awful things that he did in the 15th century were more 'socially acceptable' back then, doesn't mean we should celebrate him now. We have modern standards for a reason. The choices we make and the people we celebrate say a lot about our current values.

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Just because the awful things that he did in the 15th century were more 'socially acceptable' back then, doesn't mean we should celebrate him now. We have modern standards for a reason. The choices we make and the people we celebrate say a lot about our current values.

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It's true that is was maybe common back then, but that doesn't mean it wasn't immoral or wrong. A lot of bad things happen in history and you have to acknowledge them and not let their harmful and offensive actions get looked over.

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I think the quote is true because everything has changed since then, but I think we should also recognize the bad things that people did too

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To an extent I think it's true that you can't judge somebody from a completely different time by modern standards but at the same time, Columbus did a lot of bad. Killing and enslaving and spreading disease. So It's kind of hard to pick a side.

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Even by 15th century he was a bad person. he sold young girls into sexual slavery and killed 12-15 million native americans for no reason

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Even by 15th century he was a bad person. he sold young girls into sexual slavery and killed 12-15 million native americans for no reason