There's lots of hubub about the proposed "Mosque at Ground Zero" (which is a misnomer - its near ground zero, not at gound zero, and it is a 15 story building with many facilities including a mosque). Opponents say it is "offensive" to the victims of 9/11 to build a mosque at this location. Really though, these people are opposed to any and all mosques, they just cant say it out loud. Protesters were seen holding signs "We won in Staten Island, we'll win here" (the building of a mosque in the South Beach section of Staten Island was stopped by frightened community members). They forget that in this country, the government doesn't dictate where we can and cannot build houses of worship. If they want to live in a country where the government does dictate that sort of thing, they should consider moving to one of the Islamist states in the middle east. But they probably wouldn't be comfortable there with all those Muslims....
As far as people being "offended", well that is the price of living in a free country. Our Constitution protects the things we don't like as well as the things we do like. Personally, I sometimes think they shouldn't allow any more Catholic churches to be built until the Church does something about all the kid-touchers in their midst. But I have a proposal that might make everyone happy. I propose that on every corner where there is a church, mosque or synagogue, the other two must be built on the opposite and adjacent corners. So at major intersections, you would have a church on one corner, a mosque on the second corner, and a synogogue on the third corner. But what about that vacant fourth corner of the intersection? That fourth corner would be reserved for the construction of a Library for those of us who would like to read, think and learn. At least one of the four corners wouldn't be completely full of shit...
