911, Still a Hot Topic!!!

It didn't take very long to find an image that depicted the utter devastation of 911. All of us remember. We are only a couple of days away from the anniversary of that terrible day 9 years ago. Of course we can't celebrate those who were murdered. We can't look at their children and say, "this country will make sure your college is paid for" or "your country stands behind you, always." Nope, not this country. We can't even keep such a sacred site clean of peddlers, vendors, or even Mosques.

It doesn't take much to know that historically speaking a Mosque is erected after a major victory. Usually it's built over a church, Jewish Holy Site, or after "infidels" have been conquered. We all know about the plans to build an 11 story Mosque only two blocks from the WTC. What proponents are saying is that those who want to build the Mosque are only exercising their Religious Freedoms which are protected in this country. They also want to steer you away from the importance of the site itself. They will say things like, "it's two blocks away, if you don't like two blocks then how far away is far enough?" The point is to misdirect you and to confuse the issue. What they don't want you to know is that the site of the new Mosque is not only two blocks away but is also ground zero. Yes, that's right, part of the landing gear and fuselage of the plane landed on this site making it ground zero.

Ok, so the proponents of this will argue about the religious freedoms regarding this issue and they're right. The right is there to build the Mosque if you want to. The opponents of this, myself incuded, believe that it is a matter of decency and what is right. Not a matter of right, as defined by the Constitution, but rather what is the right thing to do. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean that you SHOULD.

It's kind of ironic that in the middle of all this there is a pastor in Florida who wants to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 911. Farhana Khera, president of the Muslim Advocates had this to say about the book burnings, "While it my not be a violation of the law-it may be an act of free speech-it certainly violates our sense of decency". Hmm! Do you think she feels the same way about the WTC site and the plans to build a giant Mosque at ground zero? I'd be interested to see what she has to say about that. It goes back to an article I just wrote where the point is this: Muslims can't handle a bit of adversity and certainly can't handle it when the shoe is on the other foot.