5th August 2003, 9:29 PM
...right, sure, let's also refer to every kingdom in Europe as "Germany", and hey, all the Asians are just Chinese anyhow so who cares, right?
Hey, the crusades succeeded as far as their intent was. They got rid of the surplus petty nobles and adventurers, and "liberated" the holy land for a while. Lots of people just say "the crusades failed" without remarking that the Latins stayed in Palestine for nearly two centuries. And you can be damn sure they slaughtered quite a few Arabs. Fulk of Chartres's account of the fall of Jerusalem to Godfroy's crusaders recalls that the Franks were up to their ankles in the blood of massacred Muslims:
"...Some Saracens, Arabs, and Ethiopians took refuge in the tower of David, others fled to the temples of the Lord and of Solomon. A great fight took place in the court and porch of the temples, where they were unable to escape from our gladiators. Many fled to the roof of the temple of Solomon, and were shot with arrows, so that they fell to the ground dead. In this temple almost ten thousand were killed. Indeed, if you had been there you would have seen our feet colored to our ankles with the blood of the slain. But what more shall I relate? None of them were left alive; neither women nor children were spared."
Hey, the crusades succeeded as far as their intent was. They got rid of the surplus petty nobles and adventurers, and "liberated" the holy land for a while. Lots of people just say "the crusades failed" without remarking that the Latins stayed in Palestine for nearly two centuries. And you can be damn sure they slaughtered quite a few Arabs. Fulk of Chartres's account of the fall of Jerusalem to Godfroy's crusaders recalls that the Franks were up to their ankles in the blood of massacred Muslims:
"...Some Saracens, Arabs, and Ethiopians took refuge in the tower of David, others fled to the temples of the Lord and of Solomon. A great fight took place in the court and porch of the temples, where they were unable to escape from our gladiators. Many fled to the roof of the temple of Solomon, and were shot with arrows, so that they fell to the ground dead. In this temple almost ten thousand were killed. Indeed, if you had been there you would have seen our feet colored to our ankles with the blood of the slain. But what more shall I relate? None of them were left alive; neither women nor children were spared."
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This is a special car.
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-- Zodiac Mindwarp / Backseat Education
This is a special car.
Two accelerators... no brakes! Yeeeah!
-- Zodiac Mindwarp / Backseat Education