This thread is not about the new mosque, but the one already there

[Lockesdonkey]

Guess some people will only be half as terrified.

Unless the evilness of mosques is like gravity (not an unreasonable assumption, since the enemies of the project seem to think of mosques as evil black holes of terrorism), in which case they will be a quarter as terrified.

But thats twice as far away as the other mosque!!

Since you're being serious: Screw you, your idiotic opinions about what my religion means, and your crypto-racist attack on Americans doing what Americans do best: give terrorists the finger by completely ignoring them.

 

[JollyRoger]

The map is terrifying. The Muslims are surrounding the strip club. Amerikkka is doomed.

 

[MobBoss]

No one has answered the question. Was that mosque there prior to 9/11?

 

[madviking]

No one has answered the question. Was that mosque there prior to 9/11?

Does it really matter?

 

[FriendlyFire]

The map is terrifying. The Muslims are surrounding the strip club. Amerikkka is doomed.

They should just open a BACON R US right next door with constant fry crispy pork products of all kind. The constant smell of delicous bacon will be the US heart counter attack.

 

[kill fire]

No one has answered the question. Was that mosque there prior to 9/11?

It's been there for thirty years. I don't see how that makes a difference though.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

If the mosque was there for 30 years before 9/11, I guess that means it will take the new mosque community center 30 years to produce an attack . . .

 

[Bill3000]

No one has answered the question. Was that mosque there prior to 9/11?

Of course. It was terrorist breeding grounds.

 

[MobBoss]

Does it really matter?

Of course it does.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Interesting use of the term "grandfathered in" for the old mosque, incidentally; the phrase "grandfather clause" originated from an attempt to deny African-Americans their rights under the 15th Amendment, so it is fitting that it should be applied to an attempt to deny Muslims their rights under the 1st Amendment.

 

[MobBoss]

Interesting use of the term "grandfathered in" for the old mosque, incidentally; the phrase "grandfather clause" originated from an attempt to deny African-Americans their rights under the 15th Amendment, so it is fitting that it should be applied to an attempt to deny Muslims their rights under the 1st Amendment.

Wow....thats a logic trail that meandered all over isnt it?

And again, (sigh) no one is attempting to deny anyone their rights. /sheesh. The over-hype on this thing is amazing. Is the only way to make your case is that you have to completely blow the issue that far out of proportion?

I fail to see why people cant comprehend that a mosque, both farther away and long established is all right, as opposed to a new one planned to be built within the damage radius of 9/11.

Seriously, it NOT being the target of scrutiny pretty much confirms that your 'deny 1st Amendment rights' is utterly bogus. Its certainly not happening at that mosque...

 

[Newbunkle]

Of course it does.

Are you suggesting that if the new mosque had been there before the attack, nobody would have a problem with it?

Because the new one is a replacement for one that used to be on Warren Street and closed, so its more of a relocation than a new mosque.

And even if it was new, doesn't it count that the people who need it were there before the attack?

The Warren St mosque wasn't fit for its purpose anyway. People had to pray on the street because they couldn't fit everyone inside.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Guess some people will only be half as terrified.

No, just a quarter as terrified.

Terror = Islam times Radius squared remember?

 

[civver_764]

Sometimes you have to get in people's faces if you want to be accepted. Case in point: Civil Rights movement.

edit: @MobBoss

 

[Formaldehyde]

Was that mosque there prior to 9/11?

Was the mosque in Murfreesboro, TN there before 9/11? Why isn't that one, and many others, far enough away?

 

[Mansa Musa]

If the mosque was there for 30 years before 9/11, I guess that means it will take the new mosque community center 30 years to produce an attack . . .

Surely, you must be joking....

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

If you mean sarcasm, then yes.

 

[MobBoss]

Are you suggesting that if the new mosque had been there before the attack, nobody would have a problem with it?

Probably not.

Because the new one is a replacement for one that used to be on Warren Street and closed, so its more of a relocation than a new mosque.

Thats not what I have been reading in the media.

And even if it was new, doesn't it count that the people who need it were there before the attack?

Actually, it was a Burlington Coat Factory store wasnt it?

Was the mosque in Murfreesboro, TN there before 9/11? Why isn't that one, and many others, far enough away?

Couple of isolated incidents nationwide, a movement does not make.

 

[GoodGame]

I'm offended by all those "victory streets" that surround the WTC zone. Roads adjacent to that block are an affront to me.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Couple of isolated incidents nationwide, a movement does not make.

Given the extremely few family members who lost loved ones on 9/11 who apparently actually object to the mosque, I think you hit the nail on the head. It is just a "couple of isolated" bigots who are trying to turn it into a national "movement", just as they are in Tennesse and elsewhere.

I'm offended by all those "victory streets" that surround the WTC zone. Roads adjacent to that block are an affront to me.

Not to mention the "victory vendors" who sell halal food right across the street from Ground Zero. Won't they respect the feelings of the pork eaters?