July 4...

[fajrdrako]

To all my friends and neighbours in the United States: Happy Fourth of July! Independence is a glorious thing!

To Horatio Hornblower: Happy birthday, and confusion to the enemy.

To Guy and Aimery de Lusignan, Reynald de Chatillon, the Ibelins, and all the knights who risked all, dared all, and lost everything except hope at the Battle of Hattin, rest in peace and may your memories be honoured.

To Saladin and the Turks, congratulations on your victory!

Comments

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

confusion to the enemy.

Snurk! That's my view of the Americans... :-D Wish they'd get their military bases out of my country and we'd stop behaving like their colony...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ah, the happy state of the world in 2006...!

[countrycousin.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind wishes!

To Guy and Aimery de Lusignan, Reynald de Chatillon, the Ibelins, and all the knights who risked all, dared all, and lost everything except hope at the Battle of Hattin, rest in peace and may your memories be honoured.

I applaud your generosity. I rather thought these to be examples of extreme religion out of control, per Mr. Harris, and a topic on which I was prepared to agree with him. :<)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I love the history of the Crusading states and their time. The whole of human history is an example of religion out of control - or if not religion, then territorialism or imperialism some other reason for warfare. Our time as much as any other.