The Crusades A Timewatch Guide

[Steve A]

On BBC 4 HD at present,very interesting about how the crusaders were akin to football hooligans when they hit Istanbul and the authorities had to put the equivalent of riot police in the streets to manage the. As they passed through !

[Stuart T]

Yesterday's Crusaders.

Today's Jihadis.

Simply a reversal of roles.

[Menthol]

Which goes to prove my oft spoken thought that we learn very little from history and constantly repeat the same actions be they good or otherwise.

Perhaps it would help if we could all agree on what actually constitutes 'good' and this definition perpetuated through time. Then again I could just be talking late night gibberish.

G'night.

[Stuart T]

Not gibberish. old bean.

It's the thin edge of the wedge, maybe, but "good" is an important acorn from which to start.

If we get religious differences out of the way the path becomes so much clearer.

Ain't going to happen in my lifetime, though.

[Colwyn]

Will the BBC be selling this programme to Turkish TV?

If we get religious differences out of the way the path becomes so much clearer.

And get rid of football !