Originally Posted by
jeepguy16
The example is a little far fetched. How about this. How about if you had a Catholic church in town where several priests were found to be molesting children from the school down the street. So the church removes the priests or they go to jail, but now for whatever reason the church needs a new location and decides to build beside the school that the kids were from. Can you honestly tell me society would let that one go? No way in hell people are going to let that happen without protests and such.
I have mixed opinions on the whole thing but as far as the arguement that it wouldn't happen to anyone else or any other religion, thats a bunch of crap.
Muslims are not, as a whole, hostile toward America. The same way all Catholics are not child molestors. However whether people are attacked by a group of Muslims or molested by Catholic priests, it is understandable if they are not crazy about that group doing something like putting up a place of worship near where the event took place.
Or to put it more simply, if you are attacked by a dog, while you may know full well that all dogs are not viceous, it is perfectly understandable if you aren't thrilled about being around dogs for a while. It's natural. It's how our minds are built to react. The best way to avoid another dog attack is by staying the hell away from dogs.
In the end, while I don't personally care where they build their building, I do understand why people are upset and honestly question the motives of those who are pushing for the building. Obviously there were going to be issues, they knew that. They knew it would offend some and that it would ignite a huge debate.... So if you are building the building for religious reasons, why not put the building somewhere else? Why push so hard for this location?