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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 1285852" data-attributes="member: 277">Your position has merit if one assumes that we are at war with the religious aspect of the nutjobs. As has been argued here many times recently, you can find a lot of nutjobs who take their crazy too far in the name of religion. I am sure i&#039;ll get attacked for this, but I don&#039;t believe we are at war with islam and therefore i don&#039;t see why a religious facility is any more offensive than a betting facilities or strip clubs (which, by the way, i have no problem with either). My point is that, if you say it&#039;s &#039;hallowed ground&#039; then it should be sacred many of those other businesses should not be there. When comparing &#039;hallowed ground&#039;, you wouldn&#039;t build a mcdonalds at gettysberg or alrington, so why is one fine at ground zero?Oh, and as i have always said, i consider the mosque in bad taste, but its still within their rights.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="donner, post: 1285852, member: 277"] Your position has merit if one assumes that we are at war with the religious aspect of the nutjobs. As has been argued here many times recently, you can find a lot of nutjobs who take their crazy too far in the name of religion. I am sure i'll get attacked for this, but I don't believe we are at war with islam and therefore i don't see why a religious facility is any more offensive than a betting facilities or strip clubs (which, by the way, i have no problem with either). My point is that, if you say it's 'hallowed ground' then it should be sacred many of those other businesses should not be there. When comparing 'hallowed ground', you wouldn't build a mcdonalds at gettysberg or alrington, so why is one fine at ground zero? Oh, and as i have always said, i consider the mosque in bad taste, but its still within their rights. [/QUOTE]

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