Moira Breen has the best comment so far on the modern-"Moors"-demand-apology story:
Reading of the "Moors" demand that Isabel and Ferdinand be dug up and repudiated, I pondered that I have no idea who my ancestors were or what they were doing 500 years ago. But surely (while they were picking lice out of their hair and vermin out of their bedclothes like all the other peasants) they were being shoved around by somebody somewhere in Europe, or points farther east. It would take extensive genetic and genealogical research to precisely identify from whom I should be demanding apologies. In the meantime I'm going to have to settle for generalized historical consternation.Posted by Dr. Frank at February 18, 2002 07:14 PM | TrackBackI could get worked up about the fact that Hagia Sophia has been in the hands of infidels since slightly before the time of which the Moroccans complain, but frankly, I'm still too cheesed about Canterbury Cathedral being run by heretics.