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2006-07-27 Europe

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Posted by Korora 2006-07-27 11:11|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whats it going to take for the West to wake up? There is a real clash of worldviews, and its deadly. And just like between the two great World Wars, Europe is asleep.

Yup, what is it going to take? Are people waiting for another 911? We have already had the bombings in Spain and London. You would think, people would connect the dots by this time. Damn, it feels like 1939 with all the appeasement mongers.

Posted by JohnQC 2006-07-27 12:13|| 2006-07-27 12:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Spanish people have few is any Moorish blood. First because as teh Chrtisnas were driving South and dislodging Moors they repopulated the deserted lands with either people from other parts of Europe, christaions of north Spain or those who had not left Christian faith. At one point Muslims were expelled and later (because they were suspecyted to be still Muslims in secret and of helping Turks and Moorish pirates) the converted Muslims were expelled too.

Now when Romans arrived to Spauin they found Celts in the North and Iberians in the South. The iberians came from North Africa in prehistoric times. Now the guy sees Iberians and thinks he is seeing Moors. Idiot.

Spanish architecture? Look at cathedrals from medieval Christian Spain or post-renaissance and try to find elements of Muslim architecture. There are none. TRhe only common point is the taste for intrincate carvings in the Plateresco style but Pleteresco doesn't look like Muslim architecture.

Also while Spanish has a number of words of Arab origin specially in the South (eg aljibe instead of pozo for a well) they are not thet numerous. The French haven't been ocupppiing Germany for eight centuries and you have at least as many French words in German than Arab words in Spanish.
Alos some of these French words are "fundamental" in German (eg equal is egal) while in Spanish they are limited to wome names of things.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-07-27 12:41|| 2006-07-27 12:41|| Front Page Top

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