Are you saying the Crusades WERE about religion? In actuality, they were a method for the rulers of Christendom (political and religious) to enrich themselves. It's the foremost example in all history of the type of misdirection mentioned. spinhead ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron White" <ronwhite at members.evolt.org> To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 6:16 AM Subject: RE: [thechat] War was (no subject)was protesters > Well other than the Crusades, you pretty much hit it on the head... > > Thanks, > Ron White > > <> > i'm fairly confident in stating that wars are never > about ideology or religion, > <> > > _______________________________________________ > thechat mailing list > thechat at lists.evolt.org > http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/thechat > http://lists.evolt.org/thechatarchive/ > ________________ > Its called *opinion*, and it's something that has *always* been respected on this list, so let's not forget that. >