> I also think that it is ridiculous we apply the standards of today, deranged or otherwise, upon figures and events in history. Okay, how about the standards

> I also think that it is ridiculous we apply the standards of today, deranged or otherwise, upon figures and events in history. Okay, how about the standards of his time, where he was so brutal a governor that the Spanish monarchs launched and investigation which eventually saw him lose his position as governor and be imprisoned? https://jeffjacoby.com/27260/i-used-to-defend-columbus-as-magnificent-i-dont https://jeffjacoby.com/27260/i-used-to-defend-columbus-as-ma... Bartolomé de las Casas spent his career denouncing those evils, eventually getting another Spanish king to pass laws specifically banning the kind of things Colombus did. Even by the standards of his time, it was shocking.