PAR’s Reviews > Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus > Status Update

“It is our nature that when we intend to enjoy being cruel, we must transform our victim into either a beast or a god.”

“History is not prelude. We don't justify the suffering of people in the past because everything turned out well enough by the time we came along. Their suffering counts just as much as our peace and happiness… Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.”