Look, I know I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, here, but I'm a little confused. Wasn't "freedom of religion" one of the things this country was founded on?
Yeah, yeah, some of the Muslims are terrorist extremists, and that sucks, but there've been some pretty shitty Christians over the years, too. Spanish Inquisition, anyone? And some tenets of the Muslim religion seem pretty strange, but hey, anybody take a look at Mormonism lately? I hear they have some kind of thing about holy underwear.
I just don't see what the problem is. If they want to build a place where they can worship their god, who cares if it's two blocks from Ground Zero? I mean, it's not like they're gonna walk over and try to blow it up again or something.
It's like with the whole Tea Party thing, which is basically people being scared of people who aren't like them. I thought we were past that shit, but apparently not. Hmmph.
Okay, that's my little Current Events thing of the day. Now scroll down, 'cause I need some help with windows.
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To me, I see it as less of an issue about religious freedom, but more about sensitivity.
It bothers me that the husband and wife behind the idea are claiming to be shocked that those affected by 9/11 would be against the mosque's location. It's like they're completely invalidating those people's feelings and trying to turn this issue into something it's not.
Well, if it's about sensitivity, then I guess people with turbans better not get on any planes, 'cause that would be pretty insensitive.
Oh! And Muslims better not even LOOK at any of the rest of us, because they might be looking at a Ground Zero victim, and that would be insensitive.
And if it's not okay to put a mosque two blocks away, is it okay to have one four blocks away? (There's one already there.) A mile? Five miles?
I mean, where do you draw the line?
People are also conveniently ignoring the fact that 9/11 was not religiously motivated. Islam had nothing to do with it. The perps just happened to be Muslim. It was a purely political act, a protest against the US's support of the Saudi regime. So to hold Islam responsible for 9/11 is stupid.
All I'm gonna say is there is a strip club closer to Ground Zero than the Mosque would be. It's funded by FOX co-owner, Prince of Saudia Arabia. There are also 'massage' parlors and off track betting places. How come nobody is sensitive to those if it's hallowed ground and this isn't a religious debate that's setting people off? Which we all know it is.
Or is it more of, 'You look like those terrorists and we just don't want to take a chance?' Then again, all I'll say is, why didn't we protest every White Christian after Timothy McVey (I really don't care that I spelled that wrong), bombed that building and killed all of those innocent people, including children in the daycare, 'conveniently forgetting' to make a suicide in the process. Just my two cents from Indiana.
Pickles and Dimes - okay, well, if we have to respect everyone's sensitivity, perhaps the Catholics shouldn't be allowed to build churches near playgrounds.
Let's not pick on Pickles!
You are all my fraaaaaaaaynds.
I'm totally not picking on Pickles, cuz' I think she's right in a way, but I have to bring up points any how ;o) I'm always the devils advocate.
I typically don't comment on political/religious posts just because they tend to get out of hand very quickly, so thanks for keeping things civil here, RockyCat.
I personally don't care if the mosque is built near Ground Zero; they have every right to build it and I support their Constitutional right to do so.
What I do wish is that the couple behind the project would've reached out more to those who are against it and explained their reasoning for wanting it at the proposed location. While *I* understand their intention to bring about a peaceful sense of community, so many 9/11 survivors/widows/widowers are against it because they feel it is a slap in the face.
It does feel weird that they're trying so hard to force this project through, all in the name of "healing," when for so many people, it's having the opposite effect. I wonder if upfront communication about the project's intent at the beginning could've possibly avoided some of this (maybe not).
Thanks again RockyCat, for posting so intelligently on such a hot-button issue.
We can have differing opinions and still be tolerant of each other, right? Sure! yay!
If you want to visit a blog where the opinions vary widely and the comments get REALLY interesting, go see Tiny Cat Pants. Seriously, I love that blog.
And yeah, Pickles, I'm afraid such a hornet's nest has gotten stirred up over this mosque thing that no matter what they do now, it's gonna be a mess. And that's too bad.
Unfortunately it's a very public and large scale you-can't-make-everyone-happy situations. Some people will be for it, some people will be against. Such a hard call.
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