[what's up]

Are you familiar with the Crusades?

Yeah....weren't those the wars where Christians decided to try to take back the land they had lost to sabre-slaughtering Muslims?

[rageaholic]

"Are you familiar with the Crusades?" the student replied, to which several members of the audience applauded.

Yes, I applaud the Crusades, too. Taking Jerusalem was the motivational idea, the real purpose was to stop the destructive spread of Islam westwards.