Last Ottoman dies, but the civilization endures

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9-30-2009 @ 12:28PM

ALEX said...

If the Ottomans had butchered all christians, there would be no christian left in Balkans,Caucasus & Eastern Europe.How many christian nation do you see ther ?
For 800 years of Muslim rule in Spain, people of all faith lived in peace. Even the spanish called it "convivencia" meaning co-existence. What did the christians do when they had the upper hand ? INQUISITION. All non-christians were BURNT in stake,killed,expelled of forcefully converted. Same goes for Ottoman Empire. It was Ottoman Empire that gave shelter to ALL fleeing INQUISITION. The tolerence shown by Ottomans to its subject was unheard of among its christian neighbor.

So YES, there is difference & NO they are not the same.Do not compare slaughtering British/French/Russian or Dutch with compessionate Ottomans !

From murdering crusaders to Inquisitors to Hitler,Moosolini,Stalin,Truman (criminal who dropped A-bomb on civilians)Milesovich or BUSH none of these world biggest war criminals were OTTOMAN !

11-09-2009 @ 2:28AM

Adam said...

Alex, perhaps you are forgetting the Armenian Genocide... Oh wait, that didn't happen did it? Face it, all world powers committed atrocities, including the Ottomans. You seem to have an agenda against Christian nations (especially Catholics) but like all Turks, turn a blind eye to the ugly things your own people committed in the past. At least Australians, Britons and Germans acknowledge what their ancestors did.

And perhaps you should re-read some of your history on British settlement in the new world. Sure, Native Americans were subjected to some terrible atrocities, as were Australian Aboriginals, but they weren't "completely wiped out". I should know, I see plenty of Aboriginals in my home town every day...
Good luck establishing your turkic state. btw, nationalism is dead.

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