[Coeur de Lion]

The Spaniards spent 800 years expelling these foreign invaders. Invaders who even though they made great contributions, still reduced both Jew and Christian to a "second class" citizenship. One might easily understand why an animus still exist!

In 1492 those Jews and Muslims who weren't willing to convert to Christianity were expelled. That doesn't seem to me to be so unreasonable a solution, given that, in that time, one's national identity was closely tied to one's religious faith.

[zimdog]

how do you reconcile the two statements in your posting?

[appeal2]

Muslims, yes, Jews, no. Your position shows complete ignorance of history. Jews have never been into conversion of outsiders, either by the sword or otherwise. To convert a new jew must go through a rigorous course of study. To my knowledge this has always been the case. Plus we're not talking about just expulsion, we're talking about the Spanish Inquistion. And it wasn't what was depicted in Mel Brooks History of the World.

Before you make such statements, read your history. Maybe killing off and starving all none Aryans was a reasonable response to preserve the nation's identity in World War 2.