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ULTRABLUE4 (October 5, 2008 at 1:38 am)
Hey, I have a question for y'e: How was New Amsterdam, and how did your life there compare to that during your time in New York, hm? You must be truly old to have lived through all of that. Since you actually lived though those times till now, then you could be famous for straightening up all sorts of qualms people have about historical accuarcy of this period. TaTa for now.
GrumpDaFish (September 27, 2008 at 1:19 am)
lol this song rox, i first heard it in SS...=D
ucd77 (September 26, 2008 at 8:42 am)
new amsterdam was better than new york, shame on you PURITAN fuckin yanks
ucd77 (September 26, 2008 at 8:41 am)
well if you believe that then you must be against the state of Israel as well cos that is all stolen land too.
ucd77 (September 26, 2008 at 8:39 am)
it wouldnt suit the tune if they did that. Anyway it's Istanbul so get over it bro.
ucd77 (September 26, 2008 at 8:33 am)
So true. The Alhambra palace in Granada is one of the most beautiful palaces/castles I've ever been in. Built by the Moors during their rule. A civilisation tolerant of all faiths...until the Moors were defeated by the brutal Christian forces who ransacked and pillaged a lot of the Moorish influence as they reconquered the centre & north of Spain. And i say all this as a Christian myself.
Turksince1453 (September 24, 2008 at 3:30 pm)
you r right brother if muslims hadn't been tolerant there wouldn't be christians now in spain and balkans, as today there are only 15.000 muslims in spainalthough moors ruled spain over 700 years
syedalz (September 21, 2008 at 6:38 pm)
thats the pattern of tolerance with most Muslims kingdoms. Very tolerant- INdia remains 80% HIndu after 1000 yrs of Muslim rule, Andalusia/ Arab Spain was the MOST tolerant society of its time, when Europe was persecuting Jews and burning heretics..they fled to Muslim lands. Its tragic and ironic.'When Spanish Jews reached Istanbul, being exiled by the Catholic king, the Sultan came out to welcome them-'What a foolish man is the king of SPain, to impoverish his kingdom and enrich mine'.
orrin73 (September 16, 2008 at 3:25 pm)
These countries you mention were overrun by the Turks and they were part of the Ottoman empire for centuries. These individual nations won a few skirmishes but in the end they lost the war. They were never the equal of the Turkish army.
bkwjrejlegfjligfergf (September 11, 2008 at 12:04 am)
wow some of the arguments on here r really informative and nice to read |