"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Frankly, if someone hates me, tries to take everything I have, and
enforces a code of conduct on me that I think is insane and will make my
life nasty, brutish and short, its all very well saying I must respect
his position, if as long as I respect it while I drive a bayonet through
his throat.

Which is exactly what started things off centuries ago. Think Crusaders
and so on. Followed by tit for tat ever since.

Mmmm not quite. It could be argued that the Muslim lands only became so
due to extensive conquest

Yes.

and putting people to the sword if they didn't convert.

That isn't what happened.

The Crusaders went there (nominally, at least) to reclaim Jerusalem from
the invader.