It could be worse ;-)

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1096

The First Crusade is launched by Pope Urban II. His goal is to aid Byzantine Christians in driving the Seldjuk Turks from Asia Minor, in the (futile) hope that the eastern Church would acknowledge the supremacy of Rome and Christendom would be united.

The poor were particularly susceptible to the Pope's call for an army. Most of those who joined the Crusade perished on the long journey across Europe. Those whose survived the trip were known as "Tafurs." Stories describe them as barefoot, wearing sackcloth, covered in sores and filth, living on roots and grass and sometimes the roasted corpses of their enemies. Too poor to afford swords, they fought with clubs, pointed stick, knives, shovels, and hoes. The Muslims were said to have been terrified of the Tafurs, and their own leaders unable to control them. As they move across Europe, they attack and kill Jews in large numbers, believing them enemies of Christianity.

Gopher

A slightly satiric reply:

1919 The Watchtower Crusade is launched by "Judge" Joseph (Booze) Rutherford. His goal is to drive so-called "false Christians" out from their churches into his. He used bizarre sayings such as "advertise, advertise, advertise" and "jillions now living will never, ever die".

The poor were particularly susceptible to the Judge's call for a spiritual army. Most of those who joined his crusade perished without ever seeing the paradise they were promised. Those who survived Watchtower indoctrination down to the end were known as "old timers in the truth". Stories describe them as living frugally and devoting themselves wholly to the Judge's crusade to spread the Watchtower version of "truth" across the land. Too poor to afford college, they fought their spiritual battles with tracts, books, booklets, magazines and of course their own version of the Bible. The Catholics were said to have been terrified of the Witnesses, as they plundered their sheepfold. Their own leaders were unable to control them and thus instituted more rules and also instituted the disfellowshipping arrangement, and therefore, regained control over their horrible multitudes. As they go from door to door, they attack people for their personal beliefs, believing them to be enemies of Christianity.

Yes it could be worse, but it still is bad!

SYN

2002: The RIAA Crusade is launched by, who else, a group of behemoth companies seeking to further strengthen their iron hold on musical expression. Their goal is to turn every artist's creations into profit for themselves alone, and pay their employees a pittance to do it for them.

The poor were particularly susceptible to this so-called "business". Most were unable to buy music CDs or DVDs due to exhorbitant prices. Those who used P2P tools to share files were known as "music pirates" or "thieves", even though they were not technically STEALING, only DUPLICATING data. Some devoted themselves wholly to the work of furthering the cause of the companies behind the RIAA by waging warfare on the P2P networks, and in response the poor developed rating and comment systems. Too poor to afford the incredibly expensive CDs, these people were forced to turn to the P2P networks for all their movies and music. The RIAA was said to be terrified of Napster, so they created a giant lawsuit and ruined the company. Their own leaders were controlling the masses so well that the lawsuit destroyed Napster, but clones sprung up all over the world. As they go from home to home, the rogue hackers employed by the RIAA to find file-sharing criminals attack people for their filesystems, believing them to be enemies of capitilism.

IGOR: "It could be worse1"

Dr FRANK: "How could it be worse."

IGOR: "Could be raining."

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Old Happysunshine munching on root in the rain ;-)

It could be worse ;-)

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Gopher

SYN

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