Hi Horse, If the Russians proposed to place a monument to Russian Communism on the grounds of Chartwell, you might think it inappropriate. Not a perfect analogy, but perhaps helpful in understanding the reaction of many Americans to the proposed mosque near the 9/11 site.
Regards, Platt On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Horse <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David > > > On 19/08/2010 13:13, David Thomas wrote: > >> Hi Horse >> >>> Do I detect a note of sarcasm Mr Thomas? >>> >> Are you psychic this morning (or whatever it is there) or what? >> > > It's just about afternoon here in sunny Blighty and I'm afraid my pschic > abilities don't kick in properly until the evening after a beer or a spliff. > However, being of the same stock as Sherlock Holmes I do possess uncanny > detective abilities!! So it was elementary my dear boy! :) > > However, I was just wondering why, in a country that, apparently, prides > itself on a constitutional right to freedom of religion, and the practice > thereof, there should be so much opposition to establishing a mosque in > close proximity to the 9/11 site. I could understand it if it was an Al > Qaeda recruitment centre but it appears to be no more than what it is. A > place of religious worship. Can't stand these places personally, be they > Islamic, Christian, Jewish or whatever as places of religion - they're > sometimes OK in architectural/artistic terms but that's about it. > And a mosque is for the use of Moslem folk to come to worship in a similar > way that Christians and Jews have their places to worship. Would the same > people who object to this mosque object to a Japanese cultural centre in > Hawaii, a German travel agency in Israel or a church in Jerusalem? Or > perhaps the Catholic church should dismantle and recycle their churches > where there have been practising paedophile priests (although that would > probably leave very few Catholic churches standing). > It seems to me that there is a degree of hypocrisy on display here in the > way your fellow Americans view and treat the Islamic faith when compared to > the way you treat the Christian and Jewish faiths. The vast majority of > Moslems had nothing to do with 9/11 and so, in fairness, should not be > penalised for the way in which a very few Moslems belonging to Al Qaeda have > behaved. That just seems reasonable to me. > > Cheers > > Horse > > > My original impulse was to leave the first sentence the same and and then >> says something like: >> >> For the exterior we could do ceramic mosaics celebrating the divine life >> of >> the pig. From Porky Pig to the porkchop. The entire building would be >> dedicated buying and selling all things pig, from trading pork bellies to >> pig skin shoes, belts, and accessories. >> >> But that was just too obvious. >> >>> On 19/08/2010 12:44, David Thomas wrote: >>> >>>> I like it Dave. A mosque with twin minarets taller than the original >>>> towers. >>>> Then post a special division of Marines there to require any and all >>>> visiting the site to take their shoes off, wash their feet, and bow >>>> towards >>>> Mecca. Great idea! >>>> >>> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> >> > -- > > "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production > deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." > — Frank Zappa > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
