Moving Ground Zero Mosque Could Become Something Very Dangerous Indeed

[scribblet]

I'm starting another thread on this because 152 pages is too long for anyone to read, and this is a bit different.

As the Muslim congress said, it is an act of mischief. IMO he really had to know there would be problems.

http://www.muslimcanadiancongress.org/20100809.html

However, the mischief now cannot be undone without more fear of intimidation and reprisals from Muslims, ( from CNN interview) "If we don't do this right, anger will explode in the Muslim world ... If we don't handle this crisis correctly, it could become something very dangerous indeed."

He said moving the project to another location would strengthen Islamist radicals' ability to recruit followers and would increase violence against Americans.

So now, we are to be intimidated even more, we are supposed to continually bow down to demands and 'anger' - where does it stop!

[M.Dancer]

I'm starting another thread on this because 152 pages is too long for anyone to read, and this is a bit different.

While it may be a bit different, how is having two threads any easier to read?

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One doesn't have to read 155 pages or whatever, besides, after a few pages they tend to off track with rants about everything but the topic on hand. -

[Machjo]

I'm starting another thread on this because 152 pages is too long for anyone to read, and this is a bit different.

As the Muslim congress said, it is an act of mischief. IMO he really had to know there would be problems.

http://www.muslimcanadiancongress.org/20100809.html

However, the mischief now cannot be undone without more fear of intimidation and reprisals from Muslims, ( from CNN interview) "If we don't do this right, anger will explode in the Muslim world ... If we don't handle this crisis correctly, it could become something very dangerous indeed."

He said moving the project to another location would strengthen Islamist radicals' ability to recruit followers and would increase violence against Americans.

So now, we are to be intimidated even more, we are supposed to continually bow down to demands and 'anger' - where does it stop!

I was reading in the paper today that Imam Rauf had said in an interview that had he known all the protests this would have brought about, that he would never have considered establishing the mosque there. We say he should have known. But how? Sure some in his group may have anticipated this, and he may have brushed it off as paranoia. Yes, they turned out to be right, and he wrong. However, in a sense we should take his ignorance as a compliment that he sincerely believed that the American people would not have blamed his congregation for 9/11. Yes, it turns out he was wrong, but clearly he thought better of them.

Now as to whether the project can be cancelled without costing money is difficult to say. After all, by the time the protests were up, for all we know, he may have committed some of those funds already, and we can't say he did not try to get a feel for the pulse of the population by first getting the blessings of the local government, the democratic representative of the people, the local religious communities, and even the media initially. He had every reason to believe that the warnings others were giving him were paranoia. Now the question is whether he can back out without losing money. One possibility I suppose would be to offer to sell any commitments that community had made to that location to the protesters at a fair price. If they refuse, then he continues on with the development and just tells them that they should have informed them earlier, not later, too late. After all, it's not like the thing was a secret, and the representatives of the NYC people had already given their blesings before hand anyway.