Originally Posted by michaelchertoff
Couldn't you have found a relevant example from the crusades too?
I don't know. Pearl Harbor, on the other hand, is a pretty recent example of terrorism paranoia going wrong.
It's as though any two events in history are ever directly comparable... they aren't.
It's as though some people want to ignore history entirely, dooming us to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
Are you putting yourself and your intellect above that of the 9th?
Forgive me if I don't blindly prostrate myself at the foot of any "authority."
Courts get it wrong sometimes, too.