Proposed Mosque Near Ground Zero

dreadgeek · 09-07-2010, 01:19 PM

Well, it seems that there ARE cool heads making news about this;

Item 1:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/07/new...ex.html?hpt=T2

Numerous faith leaders in recent weeks have expressed concerns about hate crimes against American Muslims in the runup to this weekend's anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, which coincides with the holiday of Eid-al-Fitr marking the conclusion of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Attorney General Eric Holder is slated to discuss the concern at a Tuesday afternoon meeting with religious leaders at the Justice Department. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may weigh in on the debate as well when she joins a Ramadan celebration at the State Department Tuesday night. Clinton is expected to deliver remarks around 8 p.m. ET.

Item 2:

General Petraeus is also warning that this idea of burning the koran is going to cause problems for troops still in the Afghan theater of operations

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11209738

Cheers
Aj

chefhmboyrd · 09-07-2010, 01:34 PM

this is ridiculous. if they were burning bibles in Afganistan, they would want to nuke them
ignorance......

it wouldn't matter if the aformentioned Mosque was built 1 block or ten blocks away from "Ground Zero", someone would have a big opinion on how it was "disrespectful"

the terrorist acts made on America were not made by the entire Muslim world, but if these ignorant assholes keep burning the Koran, and saying inflammatory things about other people's religion, we will just make more enemies.
i am neither Jew, Christian, nor Muslim...... and if you read what i have been reading in the news and on the internet, you would understand why
all i see from any of the "organized" religions is hate and war and intolerance.......

SuperFemme · 09-07-2010, 01:43 PM

i wonder if i travel to Iraq if the civilian population there would be justified in killing me? after all, the death toll of Iraqi citizens is around 106,000. these deaths were mostly at the hands of Americans.

so i just have to wonder about the crazed sense of entitlement our country has?

around 8,000 total from 9/11 and war in Iraq is our body count so far i think.

8k to 106k. who should be burning what?

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SuperFemme Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Permanently Banned 10/24/2010 Preferred Pronoun?: She. Relationship Status: Married (one of 18,000) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atascadero, CA Posts: 4,933 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,309 Thanked 7,108 Times in 2,327 Posts Rep Power: 0	i wonder if i travel to Iraq if the civilian population there would be justified in killing me? after all, the death toll of Iraqi citizens is around 106,000. these deaths were mostly at the hands of Americans. so i just have to wonder about the crazed sense of entitlement our country has? around 8,000 total from 9/11 and war in Iraq is our body count so far i think. 8k to 106k. who should be burning what?