Mosque at Ground Zero?

Why.... JUST WHY?

Who's smart idea is this to open a can of worms?

Skillet42565 wrote:

Only white christians died in 9/11.

troll

BAWWWWW

Also, I read this.

A rally against the mosque is planned for June 6, D-Day, by the human-rights group Stop Islamicization of America.

What kind of damned Human Rights Organization is against other peoples rights?

Linus wrote:

topped by a 13-story cultural center with a swimming pool

$5 says women won't be using that pool.

Not so fast: http://www.jelbab.com/Swim-Suit.asp

"When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter.

Yet there is no proof that picture is from a mosque.

So we shall see!

Edited by Linus - 13 May 2010 at 9:14pm

Though I think it's a good idea to support the idea that Muslim =/= terrorist, the fact that this has generated such outrage shows that too many people are still way too racist for this to be a good idea. I'm talking from a safety/security standpoint purely.

carl_the_sniper wrote:

Though I think it's a good idea to support the idea that Muslim =/= terrorist, the fact that this has generated such outrage shows that too many people are still way too racist for this to be a good idea.

Islam isn't a race.

ParielIsBack wrote:

Monk wrote:

Do I think they should? No.
Do they have every right to? Yes.

This.

Moderate Muslims building a place of worship is totally different from radical Muslims crashing planes into buildings.

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choopie911 wrote:

This is always mildly mindlowing

Interesting indeed.
Prior to the Islamic revolution, Iranian people, at least the ones here- were openly able to embrace a westernized lifestyle.

Then, things seem to go bass akwards, and revert to a culture of repression.

Should I
A. be saddened at the reversion or
B. glad that they are so thoroughly embracing their current culture?

If 'A' then I'm an idiotic American with no sensitivity
If 'B' then I'm insensitive to the masses who suffer repression under the hand of a religious driven regime whose style of rule went out the window a few hundred years ago.

Topic at hand:

This is about where i stand:

"If the Japanese decided to open a cultural centre across from Pearl Harbour, that would be insensitive," Paul Sipos, a member of Community Board 1 told the New York Post’s Andrea Peyser. “If the Germans opened a Bach choral society across from Auschwitz, even after all these years, that would be an insensitive setting. I have absolutely nothing against Islam. I just think: Why there?"

As far as the 'Islamification of America' goes- Most people know that Islam=/= terrorism. The dopes that don't, DO NOT represent the rest of us. Their dumbass little protests don't get heard by anyone important, and even though they've got the right to protest anything they like, it doesn't matter to normal people who take the time to bother learning what Islam- or ANY religion for that matter- stands for.

A win/win situation in this scenario would be this:
Out of respect for the people of NY- don't build it there.
Out of respect for an entire culture- build it anywhere else- INCLUDING within the confines of NYC....that'll also serve as a thumb in the eye to the nimrod extremists that give everyone else a bad name.

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