If you think the "Ground Zero Mosque" debate is too reasoned and high-minded
If you think the "Ground Zero Mosque" debate is too reasoned and high-minded
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#1If you think the "Ground Zero Mosque" debate is too reasoned and high-minded
Posted: 9/9/10 at 3:14pm
Then have I got a "controversy" for YOU!
"Since 2005, when plans for the Flight 93 National Memorial were unveiled, a group of critics, including the father of one of the heroes who died, have protested loudly that the memorial's design is rife with Islamic symbols. They haven't wavered in their protest -- even though some design elements have been changed -- and they plan to run a full-page ad opposing the design in a local newspaper on Friday and Saturday, when the nation will pause to remember September 11.
But the National Park Service says the critics -- whom it calls "conspiracy theorists" -- are expressing concerns that are baseless, and that it's already changed the design to remove any symbols that might be considered "Islamic."
"A more obvious tribute to the terrorists is hard to imagine," reads the ad, which will be published in the Somerset Daily American and was provided in advance to FoxNews.com. "It is not surprising, then, that the giant crescent would turn out to point to Mecca, and be the centerpiece for the world's largest mosque.""
Mosques! I see MOSQUES everywhere
#2If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 3:23pmLooks more like Mrs. Pacman throwing up to me.
#2If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 3:28pm
The only paragraph worth reading:
Felt's statement continued, "Over the past few years, we have reached out to experts in the areas of religious iconography, Islamic Law/theology and memorial design. The findings of these experts are clear and unwavering in that people looking for controversy will find it if they look hard enough regardless of the circumstances."
These wackadoos were obviously deprived of fancy Pillsbury refrigerated breadfoods in a can.
#3If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 3:34pmMosques and Islamic symbols appear in major monument sites, while Jesus appears in cheese sandwiches and tree bark in suburban backyards. Sounds like someone needs a better agent!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#4If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 3:40pmAnd much like how the "Ground Zero Mosque" isn't really a mosque and isn't really at ground zero, the "the giant crescent that points to Mecca" isn't really a crescent and (You KNEW this was coming) doesn't point to Mecca.
#5If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 3:42pmGuess their Mecca Deteccta needs calibrating.
#6If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 3:46pmI'm truly sorry for this man's loss, but I'd like to sign a petition declaring him insane.
#7If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 3:54pm
It looks like.....nothing.
As a monument it's fairly ambiguous to its inspiration and as a memorial it's just plain ugly.
#8If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 4:21pmHey guys, these are people with real problems that deserve our respect. =)
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#9If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 4:39pmThey have real problems, and they deserve, sympathy, pity, empathy but most assuredly, NOT respect.
#10If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 5:20pmBad things can happen to crazy people, too.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#11If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 5:28pmOh, my - the comments on that article!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#12If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 6:38pm
The memorial with a helpful drawing of a "Islamic crescent" to compare it to.
#13If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 6:51pm
*eyeroll*
I didn't even see that. Mostly b/c the memorial is almost a complete circle. So you could denote any partial arc and call it crescent. There are limitless geometric possibilities.
How ridiculous.
#14If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 6:56pmYou can place the cycle and star over any strippers enhanced breasts and get just as much if not more (if they are wearing pasties) of a comparison.
#15If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 6:59pm
Slightly OT, but have you guys noticed how so many monuments in DC have domes?
It's a vast Mulsim conspiracy I think.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#16If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 8:34pm
The Jefferson Memorial. Might I remind you, he OWNED a KORAN.
#17If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 9:08pmYou do realize that if you count from the 4th column to the 20th column you'll see a crecent, right?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#18If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 9:14pmAnd WHERE is it pointing?
#19If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/9/10 at 9:18pm
Well that crescent faces South. But if you count from the 9th to the 25th you'll see it faces Mecca.
I personally count from the 1st to the 16th b/c it faces Broadway.
#20If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/10/10 at 12:32amAll I see in this memorial is a poorly designed golf course.
#21If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/10/10 at 8:59amHas anyone been to Au Bon Pain recently? The terrorists have taken over the pastries!
#22If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/10/10 at 9:03amI've always been suspicious of the Pillsbury Doughboy.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#23If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/10/10 at 10:23am
Has anyone seen his birth certificate?
#24If you think the 'Ground Zero Mosque' debate is too reasoned and high-minde
Posted: 9/10/10 at 11:34amThe moon itself is a terrorist sympathizer. We should blow it up.
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