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Re: Military Lego Sets
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Sun, 2 Sep 2001 02:59:31 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Pedro Silva writes:
> I consider that modern european civilization has a lot to thank the arabs,
> who kept civilization during the dark ages. They were beaten off the Iberian
> Peninsula because they did not want to fight, and instead they devoted to
> science and the arts. On the other hand, my ascendants wanted to wipe'em out
> the face of the Earth just because they had the "wrong" religion - and drive
> the blokes out of Europe in the process. But I cannot claim that those who
> gave me a language and culture were the bad guys... so I like the idea of
> not clearly choosing a side.
Um did you forget the Arabs came to the Iberian peninsula via war and rape?
Talk about one-sided historical revisionism.
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| (...) If you're trolling, you just caught a live one. <sarcasm> Talk about value-laden throwaway lines! Yes, through rape, the Muslim armies of Tarikh ibn Zayid conquered the mighty and highly moral Visigothic kingdoms in Iberia, which were just (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) No. But they were far more tolerant then the subsequent christian kingdoms, they even allowed other monotheist (spelling?) religions to exist in their own land. And it is not one-sided historical revisionism, it is commonly accepted in (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I dunno. If a crusaders set were available, I'd consider buying it. There isn't a clear distinction about good-guy/bad-guy in that conflict, both sides had similar reasons ("Jerusalem" should appear in the dictionary below "reason"...). As (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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