People protesting the mosque near ground zero verbally attack two Egyptian men.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Who declared ground zero to be the exclusive domain of ignorant, hate filled White American Christian folk? Yeah, thats just the ticket for keeping the memory of 9/11 sacred. Give it over to a bunch of myopic boobs and propogandists.

[alienlovechild 75]

Who declared ground zero to be the exclusive domain of ignorant, hate filled White American Christian folk? Yeah, thats just the ticket for keeping the memory of 9/11 sacred. Give it over to a bunch of myopic boobs and propogandists.

I'm disappointed knowing your usually astute views.

The scary thing is you're an educated Muslim living in this country. Imagine the hate filled ones abroad and those headed here. That's an overstatement but not much worse than yours.

It does sum up the attitude in the Middle East in a nutshell for those ever expecting any meanfuling reform.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I'm disappointed knowing your usually astute views.

The scary thing is you're an educated Muslim living in this country. Imagine the hate filled ones abroad and those headed here. That's an overstatement but not much worse than yours.

It does sum up the attitude in the Middle East in a nutshell for those ever expecting any meanfuling reform.

Not.

If the numb nuts protesting and showing their raw animus over something that's not even their business isn't scary to you, I don't know how you have credibility to judge me or anyone in the ME.

[mawilson 2,133]

I'm disappointed knowing your usually astute views.

The scary thing is you're an educated Muslim living in this country. Imagine the hate filled ones abroad and those headed here. That's an overstatement but not much worse than yours.

It does sum up the attitude in the Middle East in a nutshell for those ever expecting any meanfuling reform.

That's why we have to stop pandering to Muslims and do what we think is right even if they disagree.

Every act of appeasement empowers them, and encourages them to push harder and harder.

Edited June 10, 2010 by mawilson

[Heracles 417]

Soffiya, how can you not see this is poor taste regardless of the reason?

Edited June 10, 2010 by Booyah!

[Sofiyya 1,687]

How can you not see this is poor taste regardless of the reason?

How do you see it as being in poor taste?

[Heracles 417]

How do you see it as being in poor taste?

While Islam is not responsible for 9-11 [per-say], you know perfectly well it's a touchy subject and the building of anything Islamic right there will be controversial.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

While Islam is not responsible for 9-11 [per-say], you know perfectly well it's a touchy subject and the building of anything Islamic right there will be controversial.

It's only controversial to whiners who want to manipulate the situation to suit their own biases. Why encourage them?

Edited June 10, 2010 by Sofiyya

[mawilson 2,133]

How do you see it as being in poor taste?

If your family member were killed by a Canadian, would you want to plaster the Canadian flag all over his grave?

[ready4ONE 5,400]

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Who declared ground zero to be the exclusive domain of ignorant, hate filled White American Christian folk? Yeah, thats just the ticket for keeping the memory of 9/11 sacred. Give it over to a bunch of myopic boobs and propogandists.

Why do you assume everyone who might think the location of the mosque would be "ignorant, hate filled White American Christian folk" who are "a bunch of myopic boobs and propagandists."

Islamic Terrorists have proven ad infinitum that they do not care if some of their victims are fellow Muslims, or even occasionally if all of their victims are fellow Muslims. While the loss of 400 Muslim's in 9/11 is both tragic, and not insignificant, the placement of this mosque appears to be deliberately provocative, however legal it may be. There is no X number of feet/yards/miles that I can give you, but clearly many feel offended to have the mosque placed so close to the site of the 9/11 tragedy.

[^_^ 5,021]

While Islam is not responsible for 9-11 [per-say], you know perfectly well it's a touchy subject and the building of anything Islamic right there will be controversial.

Building mosques at or near the sites of Kufr monuments destroyed by the mujahideen is a long standing and proud Muslim tradition.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Building mosques at or near the sites of Kufr monuments destroyed by the mujahideen is a long standing and proud Muslim tradition.

And were a certain local resident expert on Islam to be honest, she might be able to admit that.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

If your family member were killed by a Canadian, would you want to plaster the Canadian flag all over his grave?

Muslims who were minding their own business at work died there too. The ones who are building the masjid have the right to commemorate the even as they see fit. These protestors, who probably got lots of "blood" money to buy extravagent things as they saw fit have no grounds upon which to stand against this masjid except that they are idiots.

[Heracles 417]

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Why do you assume everyone who might think the location of the mosque would be "ignorant, hate filled White American Christian folk" who are "a bunch of myopic boobs and propagandists."

Islamic Terrorists have proven ad infinitum that they do not care if some of their victims are fellow Muslims, or even occasionally if all of their victims are fellow Muslims. While the loss of 400 Muslim's in 9/11 is both tragic, and not insignificant, the placement of this mosque appears to be deliberately provocative, however legal it may be. There is no X number of feet/yards/miles that I can give you, but clearly many feel offended to have the mosque placed so close to the site of the 9/11 tragedy.

That is also true. Iraq proved that the real terrorists don't give a ####### about who they target. Thousands of woman and children were killed because of so-called Islam followers. Though off topic, what gets me there is that many still blame America for this. Another example, America is still to blame for anything Iran does, apparently because of the CIA and a coup in the past.

Provocative is the key word. Build it a few blocks away and all is well.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

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Why do you assume everyone who might think the location of the mosque would be "ignorant, hate filled White American Christian folk" who are "a bunch of myopic boobs and propagandists."

Islamic Terrorists have proven ad infinitum that they do not care if some of their victims are fellow Muslims, or even occasionally if all of their victims are fellow Muslims. While the loss of 400 Muslim's in 9/11 is both tragic, and not insignificant, the placement of this mosque appears to be deliberately provocative, however legal it may be. There is no X number of feet/yards/miles that I can give you, but clearly many feel offended to have the mosque placed so close to the site of the 9/11 tragedy.

Sorry, I see all the hoopla as manipulative, over emotional hype from a bunch who profited from the deaths of their family members and then, demanded more. So, now their back with their entitlement attitudes, expecting that they should have domain over even the area nnot inside of groud zero. I have no empathy for them or their supporters. They can be offended all they want. It doesn't amount to a hill of beans to me.