Fairy tales Moslems call "history" or how the fate of Constantinople made phonetics close his mind

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Dec 17, 2006 at 18:11

Phonetics :

> History lessons aren't it though. (BTW: When Mehmed II conquered Constantinople on May 29, 1453, he claimed the title Emperor of the Roman Empire.

Moslem phonetics speaks about history again . So let history speak to and then about phonetics !

At dawn of the 28th of May 1453 the emperor of the Romans Constantin XI Palaeologos Dragash assembled his last council. Speaking before his commanders he besought them not to dishonour the holy banner of Constantine the Great , not to abandon their defenceless women and innocent children to Moslem bestiality. After he had finished his speech he went around in silence embracing the wounded and exhausted knights and meekly asking each of them to forgive him if he had offended them in any way. Many wept. In the evening in the church of Hagia Sophia the last holy mass was held . The emperor and his following wore the best garments in anticipation of the inevitable death. From the church Constantine went to the Blachernai palace and took farewell of his family . Heart-breaking scenes took place. In every house men had to bid farewell to their wives and children and parents. Almost none of them was to see his beloved ones again. Strangers in the street embraced each other and wept .

The emperor and his friend and relative the mathematician Theophilos Palaeologos and two other knights were fighting desperately near the St. Roman Gate. When Constantine saw a detachment of wild janissairies pushing forwards he shouted : "Let's go and stop those barbarians!" Theophilos was the first to jump against the savage enemies, the emperor followed him. He fell there fighting to the last.

In the streets and houses horrifying lootings and slaughterings started. Turkish rage intensified by greed knew no limits. Hundreds of children , women and elderly had fled to Hagia Sophia . They were expecting God to save them. The janissaries used axes to break the gates of the church. Every Turk had a rope to bind women and children like cattle. "Who will ever describe the yells and tears of children? Who will ever describe what agonies mothers , what despair fathers felt at that moment ?" -wrote Giorgos Sphrantsis . Some people managed to escape by sea from the Golden Horn as the Turks were busy committing robberies, raping, cutting throats, fighting and killing each other for booty .

Next evening Mehmed II arrived at the city which looked gloomy , devastated and had traces of fresh blood everywhere. He went to Hagia Sophia and personally chased Turks still vandalizing and desecrating the church . He declared it his private property. Constanine XI , the last emperor was recognized in a huge heap if corpses thanks to the small golden wings attached to his purple shoes. When Mehmed learned that he ordered to cut off the emperor's head. The head of the emperor was attached to a spear and exposed in the hippodrome for all to behold...

If you want to know more, phonetics, go to a library and take a look at least into Steven Runciman's "The Fall of Constantinople1453 ", Cambridge University Press, 1969 ; and stop selling half-knowledge and false conclusions here.

As to titles why don't you say what title this bastard got for massacring the city of Constantinople - " fatih" "gazi" - "conqueror" , "holy warrior", "the slayer of Christians" ? Under this latter "title" he was remebered by his Greek slaves.

> He appointed the Patriarch of Constantinople Gennadius Scholarius, whom he protected

"appointed" ? The same way he "appointed" the head of Constantine to embelish the hippodrome , phonetics. This bloody despot would have ornated the hippodrome with the head of Scholarius too, if the latter had mentioned the recent Turkish bestialities or opposed the "appointment" ...

> and whose stature he elevated into leader of all the Eastern Orthodox Christians.

"Elevated"? You're funny , phonetics ! It was the most humiliating thing a Hellene could imagine to be a collaborator and deputy of a Turk , and at that of the slayer of Christians! Thus he made him the most despicable and unhappy person. I kill and enslave your nation and then I "appoint" and "elevate" you to be the head of its church! It is derision which multiplies humiliation !

> Kinda strange though, for you, him being Muslim and the bey-later sultan-and letter emperor hence the Ottoman dynasty, but you'd most probably turn any gesture of goodwill into poison so there's no point in detailing the meaning of the article).

I advise you , phonetics, to consult your local imam before you attempt again to present such pseudo-historical fairy tales to please your Islamic super-ego as real history and draw far-reaching conclusions from them. Your imam should warn you in time that Allah's cause requires sometimes restraint, silence , precaution . Kaffirs are malicious, incalculable and Shaitan is on their side , a powerful ally , indeed! So , phonetics, take heed !

You have not the slightest idea of the Byzantine history. Probably, you heard the name "Palaeologos" for the first time last September when your local imam instructed you to demonstrate against the pope and his sacrilegous quotation. You have not the slightest idea what happened in Constantinople in May 1453 , you totally ignore and despise the history of the Greek nation. You totally lack critical thinking and your comapssion probably is restricted to the Moslem cause. What you are after is to show that Islam is not what it is - a bloody and ruthless death cult. The example of Constantinople you quoted proves exactly the opposite of your arrogant assertion.

>OPEN YOUR MIND

This time I fully agree with you , Moslem phonetics! OPEN YOUR MIND !

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