The "Ground Zero Mosque"

[Tsyal Makto]

Ok, all this talk in the media over this damn thing is really getting to me, especially when we have much, much, MUCH bigger issues facing us.

Anyway, my position is, let them build the damn thing and let's move on, and here's why.

- It's not AT the WTC, it's 4 blocks from the world trade center. That seems far enough away for me.

- There's nothing "hallowed" about the land around the WTC. Yes, it was a sad disaster, but the land wasn't made hallowed by it. If it's so sacred, why are things like a strip club allowed there. A mosque would probably be the most sacred thing there.

- There are already two mosques in the neighborhood, one on the street that this proposed mosque will go. Nobody's raising a stink about them.

- The plans for this mosque date back to before 9/11. Even if 9/11 didn't happen, this thing would still have been built.

- There are other cases of structures being built in areas where the same people attacking the area. There's a Buddhist temple near Pearl Harbor, and Christian Churches in Nagasaki. No controversy then, why now.

- The people who oppose it have a long history of xenophobia.

So, what do you guys think?