>>>>>>>I "hate" hate crimes - whether it's swastika or burning a cross or anything like that.
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>>>>>What about Catholics? ;-)
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>>>>???
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>>>>Not feigning ignorance, I don't understand.
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>>>Is he referring to the crusades and the wanton killing..?
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>>What killing do you mean?
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>>Contrary to common belief, the crusaders got their clocks cleaned in just about every battle they fought and came home with their tails, or what was left of them, between their legs.
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>Well, if you don't count the Jews who were killed, either directly or because of the violence stirred up by the Crusaders:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogroms_of_1096
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>There were pogroms related to the later crusades, as well.
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>Tamar

Thanks for the link.

I recently read a history of that period and it didn't mention any of that.