Monthly Archives: August 2010   It’s not a “right” if you have
to do it with other people’s permission.  The right has now
given up on denying that muslims have a right to build mosques.
Now they, like the ADL, are talking about “hurt feelings.” I
might be more interested in this—in the “wisdom” of it as Obama
said—if it really was at Ground Zero. It’s not. This is really
about building mosques anywhere at all—the excuse is popping up
all over the country.  I’m not an “interfaith” kind of guy. But
because of that, I’m sensitive to the fact that others might not
be too, so we have to deal with each other. You can try and
reason with people. If they are reasonable, you can work with
them. Imagine:  Can’t build a mosque there? Not enough parking?
Fine. Here—we’ll build a free, patrolled parking ramp. Still not
good enough? Sorry. We aren’t bargaining anymore, this is our
right.  The privilege of being “reasonable” about this was lost
the minute the distortion of its location began. This was always
about no mosqu