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ABC6 RAW: Brown Columbus Day Debate Discussed

Chris Boardman

Story Created: Oct 13, 2009 at 4:59 PM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 13, 2009 at 4:59 PM EDT

ABC6 Anchor John Deluca takes your conversations from the web to the air in this ABC6 Raw segment....

Friday, Oct 16 at 9:10 AM Darlene Monroe, Wakefield wrote ...

Hero? Villian!! Please remember that Columbus and his brothers were sent to the gallows. According to 23 witnesses Columbus used balbaric measures of torture to govern the Natives. Of Course, the celbration of columbus day would be total disreguard to the decendents of the natives.

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Wednesday, Oct 14 at 11:53 AM Learn from History wrote ...

Chris Boardman, you should be fired. You didn't even read over your own notes before "sounding off." You're exactly right, people are starving, out of work, tremendous violence, etc. If we had learned from history, we wouldn't be celebrating those very things happening in the past which is exactly what Columbus Day does. You and a twice federally convicted criminal are "eloquent" while attacking youth who know more than you do? Not only have you learned from history, you're repeating it.

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Wednesday, Oct 14 at 10:27 AM Louie wrote ...

This is my OUTRAGE of the week. Society today is so busy trying to be politically correct with this nonsense now about changing Columbus Day and I agree with Deluca. Where will it stop change Columbus,Ohio and Columbus, Georgia etc. Meanwhile with all this political correctness is society better? We got disrespectful teenage punks at Providence Place causing trouble and spitting on people I wonder what Columbus would have done to those PUNKS back then, some of that treatment is needed today

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Tuesday, Oct 13 at 7:42 PM Come on wrote ...

RAW, and who they choose to employ at this station says it all. Robert Greer very well put. Maybe someone should call Disney/ABC and ask them how they feel about this affiliate station...

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Tuesday, Oct 13 at 5:22 PM Robert Greer wrote ...

I was not aware that viewing mass murder as wrong was bound by the 21st century. Do we celebrate the Spanish Inquisition? No. Now ask yourself why. Why the desperate need to turn away from the truth about Columbus?

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