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I appreciate the irony and darkness here. Millenia of bad deeds being done by people who believed they were doing good seems to be the story of humanity.

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And it continues to this day, Troy. Thank you.

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Sadly, true.

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...It reminded me "Les rois maudits"

Time of crusades was almost the only time there was no Jews in Jerusalem anymore, or Arabs, for that matter. Crusaders killed all.

Everything ends though, so did crusades.

Templars, one of the most influential ordens, though then get accused falsely by the French king and the Pope, their riches taken, their orden ruined, themselves thrown to jails, tortured, and burned.

Then the famous curse is laid upon the French king and his descendants, the Pope, the king's minister-the curse that comes true swiftly and mercilessly, like the Angel of Death, and thus is remembered until this very day, and the events that unfold become the precursor to the one hundred year war, among many other things.

And one of the heroes of the saga(all of them real, living people once) thinks before being taken himself to be hanged:

" Любой неправый поступок, даже совершенный ради правого дела, несет в себе проклятие."

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One can argue the doctrine of Manifest Destiny did the same for the U.S. during the 19th Century.

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Thank you, something for me to research

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Yes. The driving force of conquerors forever.

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You must translate for me.

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“Any wrong deed, even one committed for the sake of a just cause, carries a curse."

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Damned if we do and damned if we don’t. No wonder the Church invented Hell, yeah?

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Oh, wow! And a lol!

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This so good. Your use of irony is so powerful.

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Deus Volt.

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God’s will

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Yes but which god. Does it even matter

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Nope

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😔

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Are you familiar with a song of the same name by the group Procul Harum? I think you'd like it. Great poem about the futility of violence in the name of "religion".

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I'm sorry - I had my wires crossed on the piece you were commenting on. I remember Conquistador very well. The group did a bang up job with the Edmundton Symphony Orchestra. I can't remember the album it was on, though.

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No worries, I think it was from this one: Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

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Yes, that's it. Brooker has a terrific version of A Salty Dog from a live concert in Denmark (2006) available on Youtube. Remarkable!

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I may have heard it but right now it escapes me. I remember Repent Walpurgis. Gary Brooker was one of the great and most distinctive voices of prog rock. Loved the group ever since first hearing A Salty Dog many lives ago, it seems. I will check out the song again - and Thanks!

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