Wildcat Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Is that all the Muslim victims there were and they want to build something with I don't know how many floors? Just a partial list collected from news stories, so there are probably more. To answer your question I would see the building as a dreadful reminder of the people who planned and put into practice the events of that terrible day and I would be ashamed to think it was my fellow countrymen who did it. Part of the healing process for me is to forget painful memories and not to be reminded of them. Why would you see the mosque as a dreadful reminder of the people that carried out 9/11? The only answer to that is that you are confusing muslims with Al Qaeda. If there is any shame to be had, it is in mixing up those two very different groups of people. I don't see how there can be a healing process when 9/11 is being used to stigmatise an innocent group of people including friends and family of those who were victims. That is not a healing process, in fact it is the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 What an abhorrent remark. You seem to be confusing the mosque project with commemoration of the disaster, it's nothing to do with it. Ps: there have been bigger buildings built in the name of a bloke who died 2000 years ago, maybe you disapprove of those as well? It is ALL about the disaster and remembering it. And no I would not build monuments to people like Peter Sutcliffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Just a partial list collected from news stories, so there are probably more. Why would you see the mosque as a dreadful reminder of the people that carried out 9/11? The only answer to that is that you are confusing muslims with Al Qaeda. If there is any shame to be had, it is in mixing up those two very different groups of people. I don't see how there can be a healing process when 9/11 is being used to stigmatise an innocent group of people including friends and family of those who were victims. Personally I think the whole sorry business is best forgotten, never mind building massive reminders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I would like to compliment you on your Christian charity Grahame...but I can't! I hope you are not saying the events of that day are to be celebrated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Personally I think the whole sorry business is best forgotten, never mind building massive reminders. If it is best forgotten, then leave the muslims to renovate their mosque and don't make an issue out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusflower Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I don't appeal to peoples emotions and then say people are wrong to have emotions. You read it wrong Grahame. I never said it was wrong for anyone to have emotions. That would be absurd. Everyone has emotions both positive and negative. Dwelling on negative emotions is against everything I hold dear. As I said to Harleyman, it's a very slippery slope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I hope you are not saying the events of that day are to be celebrated! How do you work that out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusflower Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I hope you are not saying the events of that day are to be celebrated! Your hope is rewarded. I was saying something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 If it is best forgotten, then leave the muslims to renovate their mosque. If it brings good memories then by all means, but if it brings bad memories, then perhaps it isn't such a good idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 It's not at Ground Zero serapis, it's at Ground Zero + 3 blocks (where there's a mosque already) Is it? So what the hell are people moaning about then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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