"m II" wrote in message
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Brenda Ann Dyer wrote:

The Crusades, like the Inquistion, were among the darkest, most
evil times
in all of Christendom, and were directly responsible for the Dark
Ages. It
seems strange to me that before the Crusades, nearly all human
knowledge was
concentrated in libraries built and maintained by Islam.. and
Islam was the
far more civilised and forward-thinking... gotta wonder what
happened..
maybe they are still REALLY ****ed about it??


I would think so. During the third crusade, Richard beheaded over
two
thousand prisoners. The Christian invaders developed a reputation
for
being lying *******s.

In one the last Crusades, the would be heroes didn't have many
resources, so they raided Constantinople instead. What a farce.



Just for the record--and not that it reflects on any of your other
statements--that was the Fourth Crusade. I believe there were at
least eight, and it didn't have anything to do with lack of resources.
Reserve your scorn for situations that we can understand today.