I’m not a New Yorker, so I’ll adhere to conservative principles and not try and tell New Yorkers what to do. But I will point out idiocy where I see it, and this is idiocy:
New Yorkers are allowing a 13 story mosque to be built on ground zero by a Muslim with radical ties, a mosque (sorry, Muslim Cultural Center) that will exist to highlight the plight of the Muslim world and de-link them from terror, almost certainly excusing terrorism for various political reasons, blaming Americans themselves. And, just as a kicker to make sure everyone really has to blindly look the other way for the sake of political correctness, it will be opening on 9/11.
My suggestion to New York: Look at the definition of “Islam”. It means submission. Look at the concept of “dhimmitude”. While you’re trying to apologize to the entire world for the offenses of western civilization (especially President Bush), you’ve reduced yourselves to apologizing for and excusing the very thugs who attacked you. They didn’t attack you for any silly “root causes” you’ve been hunting for, and there’s no great mystery why they continue to attack you – and us: these are thugs who want to rule the world, and one of the first steps is getting you to submit out of guilt to the point where you excuse their atrocious behavior and instead try and address their endless laundry list of reasons why they’re outraged. What are you going to do, submit all the way to the point of turning Seville back over to Muslim rule, cover up all women and forbid any display of sexuality and all instances of homosexuality? You will not satisfy these demands until you are completely conquered.
This is precisely why Obama’s policy of trying to leave radical Islam unmentioned is so ludicrous, and in fact counterproductive, as it gets praised by the Arab media. The terrorism will only go away when the legitimate viewpoints of Islam rise up and push out the radical elements – and you’re not helping by legitimizing those radical elements.
You can allow whatever you want to be built, but in this case you’re definitely making fools of yourselves.