tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post3966476275691231760..comments2023-11-01T11:17:40.377-04:00Comments on True Stories, Honest Lies: Freedom to WorshipLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06434407684834155358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-74720073833247199592010-08-29T22:43:53.228-04:002010-08-29T22:43:53.228-04:00I would point out that the site of the proposed mo...I would point out that the site of the proposed mosque is indeed Ground Zero. The landing gear from one of the planes flown into the World Trade Center crashed through the roof of the building. It doesn't get much more "ground zero" than that.<br /><br />And bear in mind that no one is questioning the organizers of the mosque's legal right to build on the site. No one has ever contested it. Numerous polls have confirmed the fact that people don't object to building a mosque, they simply object to building it *there*.<br /><br />However, if, as the organizers claim, the mosque is intended to form a bridge between Muslims and non-Muslims, even if they did not originally recognize the controversy which accompanied the choice of site, it must now be apparent that the site itself will act as an impediment to that mission. Would it not make sense, given that sentiment, to choose another site a few blocks north? And yet, the organizers have refused to even discuss the option. <br /><br />On the other hand, if, as the opponents of the mosque claim, it is being built as a symbol of Muslim victory, such recalcitrance would be exactly the behavior that would be expected. If that is not, in fact, the purpose of choosing that particular site, then would not the organizers' goals be better suited by choosing another site? If their motives are what they say they are, they're playing into the hands of their critics, and undermining their own message.Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.com