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Submitted by Spanky (United States), Aug 10, 2006 at 09:10

Actually the Christians were responding to the Muslim agression. That was the cause for the Crusades. The whole thing kind of ended in a draw. And moderate Muslims are only "moderate" because they are too afraid of the radicals to criticize them. That's not moderation. It's called cowardice.

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