Oh...big fucking difference... -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 2:36 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Controversy swells as Obama supports Ground Zero mosque
Nobody told them they can't build it there. They asked them politely to choose another location. On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been away from my email and busy taking care of a newborn for the > last week and really don't have time today to look through the backlog, > so I apologize if this point has been made already. > > Building a mosque near ground zero is probably not the best idea. True > it was extremists who hit the WTC, but they were still Muslims acting on > their faith. A mosque in that location will serve as a log on the fire > of anti-Muslim sentiment in certain sectors of American society and > should probably be avoided on that basis until the relations between > Muslim America and the rest of America are normalized again. > > That said, while I (and I'm sure a whole lot of other people) think it's > a bad idea I don't think that any of us has the right to tell them that > they can't build it there. The Muslims of New York have just as much > right to put a mosque on the same block as ground zero as the Christians > have to put a church there. It may be a bad idea, but then if we were to > outlaw bad ideas we'd have to throw most of the nation in jail. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325172 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
