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Re: Military Lego Sets
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 4 Sep 2001 21:26:52 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.pt, Victor Knight writes:
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> > > 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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> > 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.
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> Wow, other monotheistic religions. Heh.
What?...As if the Christians at the same time did the same...
> > And it is not one-sided historical revisionism, it is commonly
> > accepted in Portuguese society - which is catholic and was taught for ages
> > that the Moors were the bad-guys, only because they were Muslims. THAT was
> > one-sided revisionism.
> > In Spain you can find a more contradictory position, take Cordoba for
> > instance: in that city you can find the largest Mosque ever built in Europe,
> > which is a fine example of Arab Architecture and Art. Yet the locals
> > *insist* in calling it the Cathedral, and forbid Muslim cult in that site.
> > The thing is it is that same Arab culture thet attracts tourists from all
> > over the world, thus enriching the city. Talk about denial of heritage... :-)
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> My point was that one should not feel sorry for them that they were driven out.
They were not driven out. Who told you that? Where did you get that idea?
You can't just "expell" millions of people... They were given a choice:
exile, conversion, or death. Mostly, they have chosen the second. Thank god
they did so, or else we wouldn't have had the Age of Discoveries - the
caravel was an Arab invention, as the lateen sail (see the "dhows").
And I am not sorry, I am just saying that history is far more complex than
what is commonly thought (and taught). They were not "bad guys", just
another culture.
Pedro
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| (...) Wow, other monotheistic religions. Heh. (...) My point was that one should not feel sorry for them that they were driven out. (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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