7th August 2003, 7:20 PM
Very well, very well, I'm sure some churches still hold some grudge over the fall of Constantinople, but like I said, it's most likely just the Greeks. The Russians had their church founded before the fall of the empire and it's always been the most independent of orthodox churches, and the Serbs, Bulgars, Romanians and whatnot had their churches founded precisely to separate them from the imperial norm. Plus the Copts and Syrians lost contact with the rest of the world after the Arab invasion, etc. etc. etc.
Nevertheless, doubtless some Athenian whackoes still demand an excuse for the sack of Constantinople, just like the Pope giving an excuse for the crusades not long ago, Athens and Sparta signing a peace treaty for some war that had occured in the Nth century BC, and so forth, so many stupid things like that still exist that it really wouldn't surprise me.
Either way, the sack of Constantinople was a stupid idea in the first place. I blame the Italians. It's always the Italians.
Nevertheless, doubtless some Athenian whackoes still demand an excuse for the sack of Constantinople, just like the Pope giving an excuse for the crusades not long ago, Athens and Sparta signing a peace treaty for some war that had occured in the Nth century BC, and so forth, so many stupid things like that still exist that it really wouldn't surprise me.
Either way, the sack of Constantinople was a stupid idea in the first place. I blame the Italians. It's always the Italians.
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This is a special car.
Two accelerators... no brakes! Yeeeah!
-- Zodiac Mindwarp / Backseat Education