Was that a thread on FreeRepublic? What is a reconciliation walk?
Yes, it was on FreeRepublic, and was titled "Group of Western Christians Apologizes for Crusades", and it was started by someone named Sandy on 5/3/99. Like I said, I know that it was a long time ago, so my comment may seem quite out of context. Interestingly, most of the comments that I've seen on the warious threads referring to this event were quite negative.
The Reconciliation Walk was a project which began because some Christians found that as they interacted with people in the Middle East, specifically Muslims, and they began to discuss their faith, often, they were faced with statements about the Crusades. Those Christians began to realize that although the Crusades had happened centuries ago, there was still a very real collective "recollection" if you will, and an offense still felt as a result of some of the bad things that happened during that time. They began to realize that this was also having a profound effect on their sincere interactions with both the Orthodox Christian and Jewish communities in the area as well. They came up with this idea as a way to take the first step in trying to bridge a gap. So they began to mobilize Western Christians who might be interested to go and share this apology in sincerity. I will try to find a copy of the apology in English so that you can view it. Thanks for asking.