And if they don't make it known then how is public opinion of them ever going to change? They could be utter saints and if it is top secret people will still hate them.

The only way to change public image and opinion is to do things publicly.



So by advocating strongly that this is dumb and shifting public opinion with that stance, you aren't imposing judgement? Of course you are. You are just masking it - or letting others take the blame for it.

Yes, you are entitled to express your opinion. But if you wish to be fair and clear you should make clear that while you dislike their choice to do X you fully support their right to do it.

Myself I don't much know (or care) if it is a 'good idea' or not. Because it's none of my business. It is, however, their right to do what they wish with their land. That's what I am defending.




Quite likely it's because the one mosque already in the area (yes there is one) is packed so full that people are already USING this building, even though it's still a largely vacant ex-coat factory - as a mosque. With the other one full to overflowing they have no real choice. Why do they want to build a mosque in there? Because they NEED one. That simple really.



I'm sorry - I really have an issue with calling something two football fields away, around a corner and entirely out of line of sight 'right next to' anything.

It's only 'right next to' it because you don't like it.

So what isn't right next to it then? Four hundred yards? Six hundred yards? A kilometer? Two? What's good enough?



Fair enough. Bitch that you don't like it. But while doing so qualify that you also respect the Constitution and their rights to do what they please with their property and have their religion protected.

Because, you see, what you are bitching about IS a form of religious persecution. It is because if it was another religion (say, yours) you wouldn't be bitching.

And you know what? If radical Christians had crashed those planes, you still wouldn't be bitching.



The Crusades were almost a thousand years ago and anyone still freaking about that or upset by that should grow a brain or exit the human race. It's quite literally ANCIENT history and the people, their culture and their times are long gone. They are no longer socially relevant save as historical examples.

There are lots of muslims in New York and even in Manhattan. And if they need a new place to pray because, unlike all the slowly emptying Christian Churches, their demographic needs one, then they should be allowed to build one wherever they (legally) are allowed to do so.

Really, it's that simple.