Tuesday, August 3, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
J Street: blindness meets sheer stupidity - '...Those who mourn for the victims of 9/11, of course, are long past the traditional mourning period. But can anyone doubt that their loss is still with them? After all, their loved ones were murdered, their lives cut short early. What could be more unkind than to tear open their wounds today? So even if you believe that the building of a mosque next to the site is intended as a gesture of reconciliation (and if so, see here), shouldn't you respect their wishes? The plan is to dedicate the building on September 11, 2011, exactly ten years after the murders. Anyone who can't see the cruelty in this is worse than blind. And so, enter J Street...'
