Hi Billy, Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 2, 2010, at 13:10, [email protected] wrote: > Ernie : > Since the 911 suicide / homicide attackers were all motivated by Islam > why should there be a mosque anywhere near Ground Zero ? > Even within 10 miles of Ground Zero ? Sure, make that argument. I'm complaining about people saying "a mosque -on- ground zero". > > > what the Qur'an teaches promotes violation of American law and of > the rights we regard as sacred. Worse, again and again, Muslims do, in fact, > carry out Shariah law commands and commit felony crimes on American soil > all the while with the view that they have done nothing wrong. Whoa, those are two different things, which it is important to distinguish. I for one think it is important for people to be able to hold and advocate beliefs contrary to current law, and even join movements which have a history of violence and revolution -- as long as they are committed to working within the system. Or would you also outlaw Communism, neo-Nazis, and anarchists? White separatists? Christian reconstructionists? Atheists? Where do you draw the line, once you start judging ideologies rather than actions? I agree we need to confront Islam with it's hypocrisy, bur in order to separate the "pragmatists" from the jihadists - not lump them together. > > Exactly why are we supposed to tolerate this nonsense ? I agree there needs to be much more open debate about these issues. But I know one good reason for tolerating them: as long as Islam isn't illegal for condemning Homosexuality, Christianity won't be either. :-/ -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
