1 Hey, October 12 is a big day all around: In 2001 the Nobel Peace Prize to the UN and to Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world. In 1990 the UN Security Council votes unanimously to condemn Israel's security forces for killing 17 Palestinian demonstrators on the Temple Mount. Hmmm, is there a pattern here? In 1945 a conscientious objector wins US Medal of Honor. Private First Class Desmond T. Ross, of Lynchburg, Virginia, is presented the Congressional Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery as a medical corpsman, the first conscientious objector in American history to receive the nation's highest civilian award. When called on by his country to fight in World War II, Ross, a dedicated pacifist, registered as a conscientious objector. Eventually sent to the Pacific theater of war as a medical corpsman, Ross voluntarily put his life in the utmost peril during the bloody battle for Okinawa, saving dozens of lives well beyond the call of duty. And of course, 1492 Columbus arrives in the Indies (West, not East as he thought). After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Columbus sighted Watling Island in the Bahamas, initially believing that he had found Asia. His expedition goes ashore the same day and claims the island for Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a Western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. Well, they had to find that gold! The Indians, Columbus reported, "are so naive and so free with their possessions that no one who has not witnessed them would believe it. When you ask for something they have, they never say no. To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone...." He concluded his report by asking for a little help from their Majesties, and in return he would bring them from his next voyage "as much gold as they need . . . and as many slaves as they ask." And the Indians were soon enslaved and worked into the ground. So much for the white man's progress.

2 i think it is really sad that people are dieding and getting killed i think people should be a lot nicer.lots of familys have died and lost of love family have gone i hate it when things like this happens. look at the kids out there who dont have family becuse of what happend think to your self and say y did you do that? thanks you very much. bye delcia connolly.