Which individual is responsible for more death and suffering?

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Sooner or later Europeans were going to discover the Americas and exploit them.  At most Columbus caused it all to happen a couple of decades early.  So blaming him personally for deaths he or his men weren't directly responsible for is ludicrous.

I have to go with this.  People back then were generally awful.  If it wasn't Columbus it would have been some other prick.

The beatification of Chris is way over done but to claim he was any worse than the rest of his blood thirsty brethren is a bit much.