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Originally Posted by M.R.
Well it was a way to end warfare.
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It was totally unaccpetbale way, nevertheless. Some anti-Christian bigots use this as an argument against Christianity in general (a stupid and lame argument, as all of their "arguments" are), but still this fact (ie. that anti-Christians abuse the narrative of this event) does not make the very thing any less reprehensible. Never was Christianity meant to spread in this manner.
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Originally Posted by M.R.
who wouldn't forget that?
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How about God? Because that is what I was alluding to.
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Originally Posted by M.R.
Since most population was peasant and didn't know/care much about history, for other people of course those people were seen as 'pagan heretics' so they didn't care either.
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Memories of past events survive in popular culture, even when they are not remembered explicitly as such. They may be reflected in some traits of collective psyche, those traits then could conidition future events.
But again, I was not referring to what peasants might or might have not remembered, but to a sort of metaphysical/theological aspect of the whole matter, which is also very important, especially for an empire that expressly calls itself "holy". The whole history of that empire was replete with bloody conflicts, some of them over mundane matters, but great many over "holy" things (although the forntier is at times quite blurred).
However, I acknowledge that decentralised system of governance, with the preservation of local peculiarities, was a good side of that empire. But the last incarnation of the idea of the Holy Roman Empire, I mean the Habsburg Monarchy/Austria-Hungary, was definitely very unholy.
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Originally Posted by M.R.
actualy I don't know any sane nationalist here who would claim Carantania is not Slovenian, others are simply confused and follow what they learned in school/don't bother to read about their history.
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Those whom I met were not denying the Slovenian character of Carantania, I was saying that they did not show any attitude of special appreciation toward the Holy Roman Empire. They also tended to believe that Carantania was oppressed by the Germanic Holy Roman Empire.