Crusader I'm certainly not. Or do you consider having a discussion a crusade?
What is wrong with the idea of a circle as a school? Or educating mages without imprisoning them? There are already Templars in every city and village. Why do they have to keep the mages locked in a tower in the middle of a lake without contact with their families?
I don't deny that they need to be educated to use their powers wisely. I just take issue with the way it's done. It's taken to the extreme in the other direction and that's as much to blame for when things go wrong. The same way the people rebel when they are squeezed under the hand of a dictator or unkind ruler.