[geeks] Religion vs. Politics was: Glad I don't live in Texas!

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 01:20:29PM -0500, Mike Hebel wrote:
> 
> > >Very often, it does not boil down to religion at all.  The crusades were
> > >purely for profit, but was pushed on the soldiers as a "religious" war.
> I disagree.  Sure, profit may have been a major motive, but one must
> not overlook the benefits of being able to send troublemakers to the
> front line of a war where they will be killed without anyone blaming
> you. 
> And, one must not overlook the benefits of removing the particularly
> violent elements in your society and shipping them off to do their
> raping and pillaging in another land.

Agreed.  Excellent points.

(Josh, with a bit of work, you could be a first-class cynic.  Or, at
least a UNIX SA.) <grin>

-Pete