I was pointing out what was wrong with an Islamic nation of that size and scope.
I know Europe was all screwed up, and think they still mainly are :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 7:06 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: ottoman empire > > > erm have you ever checked into the royal marriages of the European > dynasties? I guess you are saying that the ottoman empire > happened to other > people, whereas I was thinking wow, they had it pretty good and > nothing bad > ever happened to them really. So they were the prototypes for Manifest > Destiny. > > On 8/29/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Timeline_of_History_of_the_O > ttoman_Emp > > ire > > > > Note that they were CONSTANTLY at war from the 1400's through the end of > > their nation. > > > > That's what I was talking about. The fact that they were essentially a > > feudal nation. They had slaves. They routinely tortured people. > > Pedophilia was an accepted norm. > > > > Wow. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:40 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: ottoman empire > > > > > > > > > somebody said that pulling out of Iraq would create another > > > ottoman empire, > > > and we all know how that ended. I didn't so I looked it up. I still > > don't > > > get it. Centuries of relatively prosperous peace is a bad thing? > > > > > > ::shrug:: > > > > > > > > > On 8/28/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Is this a quiz? > > > > > > > > On 8/28/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > just wondering... what's wrong with this? > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214444 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
