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"The site was selected in part precisely so that it might heal some of the wounds opened by the felling of the twin towers and all that followed. True, some relatives of 9/11 victims are hurt by the idea of a mosque going up near the site. But that feeling of hurt makes sense only if they too buy the false idea that Muslims in general were perpetrators of the crime. Besides, what about the feelings, and for that matter the rights, of America’s Muslims—some of whom also perished in the atrocity?"
Horseshit, I say.
When the real victims of the 9/11 attack (the friends and families of those who died in the towers - the ones who are left behind to deal with it all) are saying "We oppose this. This is wrong. This HURTS us!" What then? Is that promoting healing? I think it's rubbing salt in the wound.
To hell with what we think. We should be listening to what THOSE people think.
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