Re the mosque bit, I'm unsure how to feel about it. I read a comment at CNN that stated it was like opening a nuclear warfare research facility in Hiroshima, and that struck me as making a little sense. It just seems in poor taste.
I feel for the Islamic moderates who claim to want to show that the extremists do not represent all of Islam, and I appreciate that it's hard to represent Islam sanely while members are running around with "Death to America" signs. Ok, so build it, but not there.
The idea of building a "War Memorial" there sounded weird to me at first , but then it was an act of war. sometimes I forget that in the wash of how my life was thrown under the bus by things related to the attack. If it had not happened I would have never been forced to leave NYC and lose a somewhat good life I had built there, along with my personal losses. I am very angry at this, and for the most part my friends who practice Islam understand and respect that and I in turn respect and understand that they are not personally responsible, though the topic is a little dicey for all involved.
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I feel for the Islamic moderates who claim to want to show that the extremists do not represent all of Islam, and I appreciate that it's hard to represent Islam sanely while members are running around with "Death to America" signs. Ok, so build it, but not there.
The idea of building a "War Memorial" there sounded weird to me at first , but then it was an act of war. sometimes I forget that in the wash of how my life was thrown under the bus by things related to the attack. If it had not happened I would have never been forced to leave NYC and lose a somewhat good life I had built there, along with my personal losses. I am very angry at this, and for the most part my friends who practice Islam understand and respect that and I in turn respect and understand that they are not personally responsible, though the topic is a little dicey for all involved.