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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 938425" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>Nothing wrong with the name per se. Replicating the appalling crusades by having folk dress up as armed knights on horseback pre-game is a little more questionable. I dont think artistic recreations of Holy Wars are a good thing as a general rule, but it doesn't hurt in terms of accidentally reminding people that appalling atrocities can easily be carried out by devout white Christians as readily as any other race or creed. Such is the potential mania of picking "faith" over reason. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I'd be surprised if there were many objections to the name, or any sense that it in any way contributed to a bigoted environment in New Zealand. Clearly 23 years ago the name will have been selected with the utmost innocence, so I dont put this on the same bracket as something like Washington Redskins. Plus, cruucially, the Crusades didn't happen in New Zealand. The owner of the Crusaders provided a sensible answer and the article smacks of some creative writing to artificially conflate TJ's opinion with any possible discussin about the team name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 938425, member: 74121"] Nothing wrong with the name per se. Replicating the appalling crusades by having folk dress up as armed knights on horseback pre-game is a little more questionable. I dont think artistic recreations of Holy Wars are a good thing as a general rule, but it doesn't hurt in terms of accidentally reminding people that appalling atrocities can easily be carried out by devout white Christians as readily as any other race or creed. Such is the potential mania of picking "faith" over reason. Personally, I'd be surprised if there were many objections to the name, or any sense that it in any way contributed to a bigoted environment in New Zealand. Clearly 23 years ago the name will have been selected with the utmost innocence, so I dont put this on the same bracket as something like Washington Redskins. Plus, cruucially, the Crusades didn't happen in New Zealand. The owner of the Crusaders provided a sensible answer and the article smacks of some creative writing to artificially conflate TJ's opinion with any possible discussin about the team name. [/QUOTE]
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