On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 18:16 +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Wednesday 01 December 2004 16:10, William Ballard <nospam_40811@alltel.net> > wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 03:48:48PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > > > they still have not forgotten or forgiven what the crusaders did while > > > carrying a flag with a red cross on a white background. > > > > Plenty of brutality on the other side. (Moorish invasion of Spain.) > > I guess I'm equally justified in viewing the Crescent as symbol of > > brutality and butchery? > > You could. However there is no sign of a repeat of that now so it's less of > an issue. The actions of the crusaders bear many similarities to what is > happening in the middle east at the moment so it remains topical. So "the west" won't invade the middle east again until 2900C.E.? :P -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Clearly the allies may not like it, and I think that's our great concern - where's the backbone of Russia, where's the backbone of France, where are they in expressing their condemnation of such clearly illegal activity: they're now climbing into a box and they will have enormous difficulty not following up on this if there is not compliance." John Kerry - CNN Crossfire / November 12, 1997 http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0403/S00076.htm
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part