The amazing Ground Zero mosque thread, which resulted in several flounces, including well-known, and well-liked old-timer Judith (of Regina, SK), poses a hypothetical question. The moonbats seem to have discovered a newfound respect for private property rights and for religion and religious leaders.
So here’s the Gedanken (thought) experiment:
1. There’s a Baptist church, where the pastor is known to be connected to a shadowy group that advocates bombing abortion clinics.
2. The pastor explicitly denied supporting abortion clinic bombing when interviewed by the press. He says that he wants to be a part of the community, and reach out to people providing abortions.
3. The pastor hints obliquely in his sermons that anyone bombing an abortion clinic will be looked upon kindly by God.
4. A member of his congregation bombs an abortion clinic in town, killing all of the staff and patients.
5. The pastor decides to open a church across the street from the now defunct clinic, and purchases the land, and secures all the requisite permits.
6. Despite the mayor and city council being completely in favor of the project, the townspeople don’t want it by 60-40%.
So here’s the question: should this church be allowed to build in that location? Consider the following: 1) Separation of Church and State, 2) private property rights, 3) religious sensibilities, 4) relations between the church and the abortion-providing community, 5) respect for religion.
Think hard, proggies.
Addedum by Daedalus:
The Jazz Man is once again spinning poll numbers. A recent Marist poll of New York City voters shows that a majority oppose the 9/11 Ground Zero Islamic Colonial center. Rather than take into account the desires of New Yorkers, he puts his little spin on things. In a blatant sign of intellectual dishonesty, he harps on the fact a majority of Manhattanites support this abomination.
Does anyone notice the gap between the question and the results. Well here is the whole poll the Jazz Man is hiding.
The fact remains that 53% OF NY registered voters oppose the 9/11 Ground Zero islamic Colonial center. WHat the Jazz Man does is a typical elitist view, that only the opinion of Manhattan residents count. What this fraud doesn’t tell you is that vast majority of workers in Manhattan, live in the Outer Boroughs or the suburbs. Another fact the Jazz Man doesn’t says is that the majority of New York City residents, live outside of the Progressive paradise of Manhattan.
You are reading this correctly, out of a total population in New York City of close to 8.4 Million, 1.6 live in Manhattan. That comes out to around 20% of the total population. In the elitist viewpoint of the Jazz Man, the opinion of the other 80% of New York City residents don’t count. Never mind they pay taxes and work in Manhattan, he has the limousine liberal attitude that the NYC outer boroughs are just serfs who must bow to the demands of their Manhattan overlords. Sorry Charlie, as a former resident of Queens it doesn’t work that way.
This is just another example of his intellectual dishonesty and a failed attempt to smear the NY Post.
(Cross Posted at The Diary of Daedalus)
update by m:
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?
Gone.
The ummah, you say?
Yeah. Apparently, that was an issue.
And now we have this: http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com
