Comments on: The Kaiser’s Toy http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/05/31/the-kaisers-toy/ Crafting Words with Impact Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:05:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eugene Finerman http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/05/31/the-kaisers-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-5384 Eugene Finerman Tue, 31 May 2011 20:17:59 +0000 http://finermanworks.com/?p=3958#comment-5384 <blockquote>The Battle of Lepanto (in 1571 not 1581) liberated the Christians who were kidnapped and brought aboard the Turkish galleons and lashed to the rowers oars on the underdecks. They hailed Don Juan of Austria as their liberator. And so would the citizens of lot of other cities (whose names escape me at the moment) who would have been ruled by that Muhamed guy if not for the Battle of Lepanto won by the Catholics. Ahem...guess I told you, Eugene Know-it-all Finerman. </blockquote> The battle was indeed in 1571; forgive the typo. Christians were liberated from the captured Turkish ships. But who do you think were manning the oars on the Spanish galleons? They weren't volunteers from the Newman House. So a Turkish victory would have liberated the Spanish slaves: Moslems and Protestants. The Turks did have designs on Venetian territory: particularly Cyprus which they did conquer and hold until the late 19th century. However, they were not interested in taking Venice itself and turning San Marco into a Mosque. Eugene

The Battle of Lepanto (in 1571 not 1581) liberated the Christians who were kidnapped and brought aboard the Turkish galleons and lashed to the rowers oars on the underdecks. They hailed Don Juan of Austria as their liberator. And so would the citizens of lot of other cities (whose names escape me at the moment) who would have been ruled by that Muhamed guy if not for the Battle of Lepanto won by the Catholics. Ahem…guess I told you, Eugene Know-it-all Finerman.

The battle was indeed in 1571; forgive the typo. Christians were liberated from the captured Turkish ships. But who do you think were manning the oars on the Spanish galleons? They weren’t volunteers from the Newman House. So a Turkish victory would have liberated the Spanish slaves: Moslems and Protestants. The Turks did have designs on Venetian territory: particularly Cyprus which they did conquer and hold until the late 19th century. However, they were not interested in taking Venice itself and turning San Marco into a Mosque.

Eugene

]]> By: Cindy Starks http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/05/31/the-kaisers-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-5383 Cindy Starks Tue, 31 May 2011 16:36:11 +0000 http://finermanworks.com/?p=3958#comment-5383 Eugene -- where to begin? 1) Lepanto -- the Turks did have designs on the Mediterranean and, in particular, they wanted to invade and conquer Venice, so there. 2) Too bad the Brits had to send in 120,000 troops to Belgium and Northern France and lose a generation of young men. "If I should die/think only this of me/that there's some foreign shore that is forever England." or "In Flanders Fields the poppies blow/between the crosses row on row/that mark our place/and in the sky/the larks still bravely singing fly..." Too sad. I've said it before and I'll say it again (me and William Tecumsah Sherman), "War is Hell and you can't refine it." Eugene — where to begin? 1) Lepanto — the Turks did have designs on the Mediterranean and, in particular, they wanted to invade and conquer Venice, so there. 2) Too bad the Brits had to send in 120,000 troops to Belgium and Northern France and lose a generation of young men. “If I should die/think only this of me/that there’s some foreign shore that is forever England.” or “In Flanders Fields the poppies blow/between the crosses row on row/that mark our place/and in the sky/the larks still bravely singing fly…” Too sad. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (me and William Tecumsah Sherman), “War is Hell and you can’t refine it.”

]]> By: Mary Ann Jung http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/05/31/the-kaisers-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-2703 Mary Ann Jung Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:26:33 +0000 http://finermanworks.com/?p=3958#comment-2703 Win or lose, I now have the utmost respect for all sailors having just completed my first cruise. The weather started getting rough. the massive ship was tossed-and all on the day I'm to debut my first show for them. The stage was rolling so badly they offered me a walker to hang onto, but I refused and sallied forth. Happily Queen Elizabeth I didn't wretch or fall down-a triumph to eclipse the Armada defeat-at least in my pitiful mind. Anchors away! Win or lose, I now have the utmost respect for all sailors having just completed my first cruise. The weather started getting rough. the massive ship was tossed-and all on the day I’m to debut my first show for them. The stage was rolling so badly they offered me a walker to hang onto, but I refused and sallied forth. Happily Queen Elizabeth I didn’t wretch or fall down-a triumph to eclipse the Armada defeat-at least in my pitiful mind. Anchors away!

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