Should the build the mosque near ground zero in nyc

i think they should allow the building of this mosque take place. I believe as a nation we should set an example of this world. 9.11 was caused by intolerant people. If we answser intolerance with intolerance how can we prove that we are better than those people.

" @Donovan Montgomery: I don't believe they are talking about building it right on the same ground, but in the general area. And its not all that weird an area, there is a church that they actually used as a emergency location that once stood in the shadows of the World Trade Towers.  To answer the original OPs question I don't believe they should. Nothing against Islam or anything but someone has to use their heads here. It would be like having a church built right in the middle of downtown Baghdad. "

" @Nova`Prime` said:

" @Donovan Montgomery: I don't believe they are talking about building it right on the same ground, but in the general area. And its not all that weird an area, there is a church that they actually used as a emergency location that once stood in the shadows of the World Trade Towers.  To answer the original OPs question I don't believe they should. Nothing against Islam or anything but someone has to use their heads here. It would be like having a church built right in the middle of downtown Baghdad. "

Bingo... They put up that mosque, dont be suprised to hear about threats and vandalism "

This thread has already been started @ Mosque Near Ground Zero? Look it up! lol

Simple answer. NO

If they do, then it won't look pretty. Financial District or not, people will be pissed.  
 
What happened to this "Freedom Tower" they were supposed to build?

The mosque is going to be blocks away from ground zero, not next to ground zero. The debate is actually should the guy trying to build it be allowed to because of his ties to foreign countries. I personally believe that a mosque should be allowed there, just not by this guy because his ties to foreign countries are questionable.  
 
 
BTW... It's not a mosque. It's a "Islam learning center".

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Simple answer. NO

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"If they do, then it won't look pretty. Financial District or not, people will be pissed.   What happened to this "Freedom Tower" they were supposed to build? "

" @Gambit1024 said:

"If they do, then it won't look pretty. Financial District or not, people will be pissed.   What happened to this "Freedom Tower" they were supposed to build? "

They chickened out because they felt the name was "too controversial in sending a message to terrorists" dumb I know...  @turoksonofstone, I have to disagree there a bit. Sure all religion can be controversial but it's not like we have religious wars here in America every day yet most of us are Christians of some kind(as majority I mean) where you have Islamic and Jewish religious wars going on for years on the other side there sadly....  I also happen to live in NYC so take it from me, it's a BAD idea...and will only cause problems...there's no problems with having churches, temples etc for people to practice in, plus this is America. We have the freedom to practice and believe in whatever we wish but building that on there is a dumb and bad idea....  Now since you're an atheist obviously you believe in nothing no religion which is your right but it's also others rights to believe in something as well. ;) "

Oh yeah the romans were no saints back in the day...lol and did a lot of bad things, nobody is perfect, The Jews, Islamics etc also killed a lot of each other mainly...terrorists I have no respect for since they kill whoever feels differently then them....messed up if you ask me. Even an atheist, if you don't agree with these radical terrorists they'll kill you... 
 
 Now though you don't really hear many stories of Christians on a daily basis killing others who believe differently like they used wayy back. In fact now days the Catholic Church(me being Catholic I know this) tends to get crapped on the most out of a lot religions here anyway... with jokes etc, granted some spoofs, shows and such mock everything which I like since at least it's not biased like say SP, FG etc shows like this mock everyone lol 
 
I do believe a lot of people who are truly dedicated and believe in God and what they believe in do what they preach but some others don't. Still, at the end of the day I'd rather put my faith in something then nothing at all but to each his own.  
 
I do agree with you though on the separating of church and politics/state etc...religion should be more personal and have no relevance IMO on politics, but sadly things like abortion, cell research etc have been factors and caused some controversy

Yeah, some things should just not be mixed....same thing with video games and politics, stupid politicians make a huge deal about games like MK, GTA, Manhunt etc...they have ratings, what more do they want? If it was up to some of these clowns(like Jack Thompson for example) half the games would be banned...lol