[billybudd]

I just can't believe how ignorant of history you are and, moreover, how boldly you make your incorrect assertions. The West was "tolerant" and Islam was "unaccepting"? Hahahahaha! It's more like the other way around, if there was any tolerance (everyone was intolerant in the middle ages). Please, read up on your history, and don't just rely on random factoids about Lepanto to give you an aura of knowledgeability. By the way, none of what you said answers my main point, that the "West" vs. "Islam" conflict of today bears no relation to the conflicts of the past.

[MoGalahad]

So the pot calls the kettle black! Since when did you become an expert on Islamic culture or are you just parroting the party line?

[Sparta]

In Islamic socities, Christians and Jews were not allowed to spread their religion or even practice it in public. Many "infidels" were kept as slaves and were forbidden by law to be converted to Islam. The Inquisiton, which I'm assuming you are referring to, was an aberration to Western culture. Rome and Greece never practiced anything of the sort. There are no Westerners who support the inquisiton today, while many Muslims wish to kill or enslave all of us infidels.
As to not answering the question how this relates to today, I am attempting to establish a pattern of Islamofascist aggression toward the West and anyone who disagrees with the Islamofascists.

[itsahoot]

the "West" vs. "Islam" conflict of today bears no relation to the conflicts of the past.

Not to us they don't, not so sure about them. Look how 2 men
in an old Chevy put the fear of God in so many people.

What would happen if there was 1000, or more just like them?