Message from @What Would Jack Conte Do?

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2018-10-14 09:48:57 UTC  

ahhh

2018-10-14 09:49:00 UTC  

help the byzantines

2018-10-14 09:49:09 UTC  

right, yeah they kind of ignored them

2018-10-14 09:49:21 UTC  

they didn't care about the byzantines at all

2018-10-14 09:49:43 UTC  

i dont know if the pope outright considered them heretical

2018-10-14 09:49:53 UTC  

but they didn't care for them anyway

2018-10-14 09:49:59 UTC  

besides, europeans were busy fighting each other

2018-10-14 09:50:13 UTC  

the crusades were purely for self gain

2018-10-14 09:50:23 UTC  

the 'help' was an excuse to go and visit

2018-10-14 09:50:55 UTC  

in 1204 ad, the 'latins' (as the byzantines called them) conquered constantinople for about 60 years

2018-10-14 09:52:05 UTC  

byzantines are more accurately greeks

2018-10-14 09:52:23 UTC  

and the mixed peoples of anatolia (modern turkey)

2018-10-14 09:52:45 UTC  

wait, was this when salladin ruled the ayybid sultanate?

2018-10-14 09:52:54 UTC  

yeah around that time

2018-10-14 09:52:59 UTC  

saladin was 12th century

2018-10-14 09:53:01 UTC  

Ahh okay. Then I understand

2018-10-14 09:53:09 UTC  

glad i could help

2018-10-14 09:53:11 UTC  

lol

2018-10-14 09:53:56 UTC  

Yeah thanks man!

2018-10-14 09:54:23 UTC  

learned all that from listening to podcasts and reading wiki

2018-10-14 09:54:49 UTC  

good to have a clear view of that stuff, just because people will try to push an agenda

2018-10-14 09:55:04 UTC  

even ancient history can be used for that, at least among more right leaning people, i think

2018-10-14 09:55:16 UTC  

Hmm. True.

2018-10-14 09:55:56 UTC  

like eg. 'the crusaders were tough and brave'... no they were just thugs motivated by self gain and fanatical religion when it suited them (like a lot of other historical warriors)

2018-10-14 09:56:51 UTC  

you should actually listen to (or read; I listened to it) Tom Holland's 'In the Shadow of the Sword' some time

2018-10-14 09:57:02 UTC  

it's an interesting book

2018-10-14 09:57:19 UTC  

it talks about origins of islam, and what happened before and lead up to that

2018-10-14 09:57:25 UTC  

Yes. I'll be sure to see if I can find it in the library.

2018-10-14 09:57:47 UTC  

maybe a bit biased, but so long as you keep an open mind

2018-10-14 09:58:01 UTC  

To which side is he biased?

2018-10-14 09:58:17 UTC  

imo, against islam

2018-10-14 09:58:26 UTC  

but other people might say he's neutral

2018-10-14 09:58:31 UTC  

so i dunno, you be the judge

2018-10-14 09:58:32 UTC  

lol

2018-10-14 09:58:36 UTC  

Yeah hahahahahaha

2018-10-14 09:58:41 UTC  

I'll keep an open mind

2018-10-14 09:58:45 UTC  

awesome

2018-10-14 09:59:18 UTC  

im a slow reader, i like to listen

2018-10-14 09:59:31 UTC  

but i do have a 'Guns of August' on my book shelf

2018-10-14 10:00:01 UTC  

nice talking to you man

2018-10-14 10:00:25 UTC  

Yeah same here. Great talk.