Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Crusaders

After learning about the Crusades of the Middle Ages, do you think it's appropriate for schools to use "Crusaders" as a school mascott? Why?

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

I think that having the name of the Crusaders in school is very bad and offensive. The Crusaders killed inocent people in the name of God. Most of them got killed. They had many weak points in thier journeys. That is why I think that having the name Crudaders at school is very inapropriate.

Anonymous said...

No, I do not think that it is appropriate for a school mascot to be the Crusaders. I think that because the Crusades was a terrible period of time. The Crusades should not have happened, and I think all it really did was create chaos and more hate between one another for no good reason.

s-baby-g said...

No I do not think that it is ok for a school to have "The Crusaders" as a mascott. Why I dissagree with this statement is because a long time ago the Crusaders were chrishtains that went to war for muslims land. They also killed alot of people because they said that god told them, and i think killing someone over them saying that god told them i rong. Second, the name The Crusaders stands for cruse witch really means cross. If at that school there were kids from a diferent realigion it would be rood to them because they do not beleave in the cross. Third, not only did they go to kill the Muslims, in the end they terned on them selfs and started killing other Christians so if they are called the Crusaders it is basicaly like saying that you are going to tern on each other. In conclusion, i think that it is very bad to have your mascotts name to be The Crusaders because it is basicaly saying that you are going to go in and kill an other religion but in this case school, disrespectful to other religions, and it is also saying you are going tern agenst your own people.

Anonymous said...

I think that having the name Crusaders is mean and bad. The reason for this is that the Crusaders killed many Muslim people. If they played a muslim school they the Muslims might feel offendend. It was also very violent. So people may think the Crusaders were violent kids. People can name their team whatever they want too.

Anonymous said...

I don't think it's good for any school to be the "Crusaders" even if it is a religios school. What if there was a muslum on the team? What if the team was playing a muslum? How would that make them feel? And also, who would want to be the crusaders? The crusades were a complete disaster, and most of the Chistains died. The name "Crusaders" is dumb.

Anonymous said...

I think that it is very offensive to many people that live in the United States. The Crusaders murdereed thousands of Muslims, including Woman and Children. That is because They would be pardoned for ALL of their sins. So they just killed many inocent peolple living in the Holy Land.

Anonymous said...

I think that having the mascot name of Crusaders is both offending and uninteligent. It is offending, because mabey you or someone in your class is Muslim. If you play a game against the Crusaders, it might be a bit offending. It is uninteligent, because the Crusaded failed miserably. If a team is called the Crusaders, somepeople might think they are'nt very good.
That is why I think the mascot name Crusaders is inappropriate.

Anonymous said...

The mascot name Crusaders is so wrong. One, The Crusaders were not very successful at their battles. Two, to most people think The Crusaders were horrible people. And three, the name Crusaders might be offensive toward Muslims. (Basically what everybody had to say.)

luigi said...

I think the name Crusaders is a bad name for a school mascot. for example, the Crusades always ended up losing. They also killed many inocent Muslims just to regain the Holy Land. They did horrible things in the name of God. It is also very offensive to other religions because the Crusades is a Chirstian thing.In conclusion, Crusasders should not be not be a school mascot.

Anonymous said...

i first i thought using the crusades as a mascot was a bad idea...but on the post "hard feelings" isnt it said to let go of the past????? so if were suppost to let go of the past-cant we let go of the crusades?????????? yes the crusades all failed but it is a cool name :) :) :) :) :) :)

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

I do not think having the name "Crusaders" is a good name for a school mascot is a good idea. First, it is offensive, because the in the Crusades, a lot of muslims and many more people were killed. Second, Those people were killed in the name of God. In conclusion, The school mascot name as "The Crusaders" is extreamly offensive.

Anonymous said...

I think that having the name the crusaders would be offencive to some people.Not just some people but a specific religion of people.Also it did kill a lot of people.It could also cause conflict between people.That is why I think the name crusaders is bad.

labluver93 said...

i do not think that the name "crusaders" would be an appropriate school mascot name. Because the crusaders killed many innocent people that were not christian, and did not have very many successful battles. The name can also be very offence to different people who did not aggree with their actions.

treehugger said...

I think that having the crusaders as a school mascot is an idiotic idea. The crusades were a shameful blow to Christianity. That was probably the worst and stupidest idea to ever happen to Christianity. It is bad because the crusades were a mess. They couldn’t do anything right. And it is insulting to most people. I am not even a Muslim and I am extremely offended by this. No I DON’T think that you should make a mascot the crusaders.

spaZzo said...

I believe that it would be extraordinarily offensive to use "The Crusaders" as a school mascot. I mean, come on, is the school actually going to slaughter hundreds of innocent muslims in the name of Christianity because they didn't win a football match? Well, it better not because that is precisly what Christians did to Muslims over Jerusalem in the Medieval Ages. In fact, there was one instance where thousands of Islamic and Jewish men, women, and children were slaughtered because Crusaders took over Jerusalem and killed to repent for sins and in the name of God. How ridikulous is that? Jews, Muslims, and Christians all believe in one god, and they all basicly share the same principles of kindness and respect to other religions. Therefore, what the Crusaders did was wrong and ignorant.
Now you might be asking, " What if the school that chose this mascot had no idea of its implications? Would it still be acceptable?" I think the answer is no!!! Even if the school thinks the Crusades were done by glorious, brave, honorable knights, they shouldn't use a mascot of the Crusades without completely educating themselves about the crusades and the terrible things that happened because of them. Not to do so would be ignorant, mean, and plain out stupid. In conclusion, I believe that adopting the term "Crusaders" as a mascot by any school would be an extremely unwise decision.

spaZzo said...

I believe that it would be extraordinarily offensive to use "The Crusaders" as a school mascot. I mean, come on, is the school actually going to slaughter hundreds of innocent muslims in the name of Christianity because they didn't win a football match? Well, it better not because that is precisly what Christians did to Muslims over Jerusalem in the Medieval Ages. In fact, there was one instance where thousands of Islamic and Jewish men, women, and children were slaughtered because Crusaders took over Jerusalem and killed to repent for sins and in the name of God. How ridikulous is that? Jews, Muslims, and Christians all believe in one god, and they all basicly share the same principles of kindness and respect to other religions. Therefore, what the Crusaders did was wrong and ignorant.
Now you might be asking, " What if the school that chose this mascot had no idea of its implications? Would it still be acceptable?" I think the answer is no!!! Even if the school thinks the Crusades were done by glorious, brave, honorable knights, they shouldn't use a mascot of the Crusades without completely educating themselves about the crusades and the terrible things that happened because of them. Not to do so would be ignorant, mean, and plain out stupid. In conclusion, I believe that adopting the term "Crusaders" as a mascot by any school would be an extremely unwise decision.

Anonymous said...

Crusaders would be a horrible name for a team because what if their was muslims on the other team that were affended by the crusaders and why would you want to be a team that turned into total distruction it ended up as muslims fighting the crusaders then the crusaders fighting their own religion. How stupid is that. So go stay with Titans and lose the crusaders.

Anonymous said...

I think that having the name Crusaders is a bad name because it like having a Geman team called the Nazis. The Crusaders cilled many innocant people in the name of god just like the 9/11 bombers did on America. IG a middle eastern team was called "Al-Quieda"
that would stir up some pretty hard feilings. Who would want to name a team after a bunch of barbarians that killed thousands of people. The Muslims didn't even do anything! Change your name if Crusaders is your game.

Anonymous said...

I think that the name Crusaders for a school mascot/team name is wrong, mean and offensive. The Crusades were trips to the Holy Land made by Christians that killed a lot of innocent people in the name of God. The Crusaders also didn't have a lot of luck or common sense; I mean sending children, not adults to fight in the battles, come on! It wasn't right for all those people to die and in the end, Sal Ah-Din(the Muslim general at the time)let Christian visitors enter the city because they had important churches that belonged to their religion located inside the city. The Muslims decided that since all people are equal the Christians should be able to use the city too. The Crusaders were people that did unjustified things in the name of god and the name Crusaders is not right for a Christian school or any other school because it is mean and offensive.

Anonymous said...

Personally I don't have a single problem with the name the Crusaders. For example, the Titans, weren't they barbarians just as well as the fools of the crusades. I think that people should get caught up in little team mascot names such as The Crusaders.

Anonymous said...

I think schools should not use "Crusaders" as a school mascot. Crusaders were all Christians that were going on a war against Muslims. If a school used "Crusaders" as their mascot and they had kids that were not Christians like Muslims that would be not good. People would think that most of the kids that go to that school are Christians. If I was a Muslim and I was going to a school that had a name ‘Crusaders” which were people that killed a lot of Muslims for nothing I would not like that. Some Muslims still do not like Christians because of the Crusades. Also Crusades failed really badly. Most of the crusaders died and Muslims won.

Anonymous said...

I personally believe that having the crusades as a mascot or school logo is a crazy idea. I think this because not only did the crusades kill thousands of innocent Muslim kids and people they never even completed there mission. Imagine if there was a Muslim kid on a different team and that realized that they were playing a team of the name of people that wiped out half there ancestors. I know if I was Muslim I would hate it. If this is hard for you to understand imagine playing against a team that had the name of Nazis. As you can see having the name crusade is a terrible and very offensive name.

Anonymous said...

i think that having the name"Crusaders" as a school mascot is offensive to some people. the name "Crusaders" is just pointless to me, because they were not succesfull and they killed many innocent people. if the team is playing against a team with muslims on it they may take it personally. in conclusion having the name "Crusaders" is just kinda pointless and may be offensive to some people. :D