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"Today's Columbus Day. If it wasn't for him, we'd be Europeans."

WTF????????? Columbus was European, right? I mean, he was sent here by Ferdinand and Isabella of SPAIN, and he himself was ITALIAN. Spain and Italy are both in Europe, right? Right? OK, I looked here, and yes, they are both in Europe. I've visited both, and thought they were both in Europe, but you never know if something is true until you've seen it on the Internet.

I imagine if Columbus had anything to say about it, we’d be Spanish or Italian –Europeans. I think Billy has Washington or Jefferson or one of those guys to thank for not being European. But, since he is a child, he sees things differently than we do, and HA HA . . .Oh, wait! I think I get it now!

Billy is implying that if it weren’t for Columbus, America would never have been discovered, and everyone would still be living over in the Old Country. This is so not true. Forgetting the Native Americans and the Vikings, there were still tons of Europeans (Magellan, Cabot, Cartier . . .). Ooh, and don't forget de Soto (George Costanza's favorite explorer)! Anyhow, it's not like SOMEONE wouldn't have found America even if Columbus weren't around.

I'm now more convinced than ever that Family Circus is operating on a higher plane. What Bil Keane is saying here is that only a child would think that Columbus was important. Adults realize that the North American continent would have been discovered with or without Columbus. Bil Keane is a lot more subversive than I ever gave him credit for. Wow. I'm really seeing things in a whole new light. Family Circus is an underground, counterculture comic that only the most keenly observant among us realize.