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Re: Military Lego Sets
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 4 Sep 2001 03:40:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Victor Knight writes:
> > In lugnet.dear-lego, Pedro Silva writes:
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> > > 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.
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> <sarcasm>
<junk snipped>
You can feel sorry for a group that invaded and then was tossed out if you
want, but try not to be so biased and sorrowful in your description.
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| (...) By "a group that invaded and then was tossed out," I presume you're referring to the Muslims and not the Visigoths? I was trying, in my response, to point out through tit-for-tat that you've made a ridiculous generalization--as though the Arab (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) ? Who's sorrowful? Good or bad, it happened; it is the past, and one which I'm proud of. BOTH sides of it. And something I'd like to point out: the Arabs were not "tossed out", as they did not "toss out" the Christians who lived here before (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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