In a message dated 9/14/2001 7:34:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Imagine a TV series whose major character is a _Crusader_, that
goes to Palestina with his heart full of anger, willing to kill every
desecrator of the Christian holy places. When he arrives there,
he is captured, and learns the peaceful and civilized ways of Islam.
I imagine that any kid with IQ above 10 will see the parallel of this.
The series may even be targeted towards humour, making fun of
the XIII century european, while, at the same time, showing that
he was "evil" just because of ignorance.
What about a cartoon whose heroes are palestinian muslims,
palestinian christians, and israeli jews, who must fight with
superpowers to defeat an invasion from Evil Extraterrestrians?
>>
Sadly, evil extraterrestrials are about the only thing that would get them to
stop fighting each other these days.
A *Crusader* isn't exactly the most politically correct image, methinks.
Considering the bloody, murdering, pillaging history of the Crusades and the
fact that The Catholic Church was responsible for them, any cartoon that
showed such a historical truth today would be attacked by by everyone in the
known universe for a variety of reasons. Heck, didn't the 4th Crusade
completely destroy the Byzantine Empire?
Of course, that's just my humble opinion.
Jon
