Saturday, September 11, 2010

Two Rights Don't Make A Wrong...

Here we have a group wanting to put up a Mosque near Ground Zero. They have every right to do it, it's in the US Constitution that they can. I have sworn many times to defend their right to do this with my life.
But is it the wrong decision to build it there? Probably... We Americans have a bad spot in our hearts about Ground Zero and it will be a long time getting over, if ever.
Here we have some Nut  Pastor wanting to burn the Koran. He has every right to do just that. It's his right under the same Constitution that protects the Mosque. This is another of those rights I have sworn to defend with my life.
But is it the wrong decision to do this? Probably... Anyone who goes out of their way to upset a billion Muslims is just a little crazy.

But let there be no mistake, The Pastor and the Muslims have every right, and if they want to. they can build where they want, or burn what they want. We as Citizens of this Country have zero right to tell them otherwise, PERIOD!

Let's look at a little history:
The 60's Civil Rights Act was opposed by the Majority Party, Democratic Party. But it was passed with the help of the Minority Party, Republican Party. The Majority of the Country didn't want it passed and fought it every step of the way, but it was the right thing to do so it was passed.
A little further back, The majority of the country didn't want schools to be segregated and fought it all the way, One Governor even went so far as to send in the State National Guard to stop it. But it was wrong to stop it, everyone has a Right to an equal education and it happened. Now all schools are integrated (Unless it's a school for women only) and that's because All People Are Equal...

Do things go on in this Country that we object to? Hell Yes!!
Do things go on in this Country that we flat don't like? Hell Yes!!

But this is the United States and we pride ourselves in our tolerance for what is different, let's face it, that's why this Country exists in the first place...

But let's remember, just because it's right, it doesn't mean you should do it, just think about how it effects others... But if you must, go ahead because I'll be here to defend your right to do it...

Monday, August 23, 2010

I Guess some have 1st Amendment Rights, and Some Don't...

I find it interesting the rhetoric coming from the supporters of the Muslim "Cultural Center". They claim they have 1st Amendment Rights to put their "Cultural Center" wherever they choose. And guess what? THAT IS EXACTLY CORRECT! And anyone who opposes it is a racist. You aren't allowed to object to where we want it!
What i find absolutely absurd is, if you oppose it you are immediately labeled a racist. A RACIST??? So when do our 1st Amendment Rights become wrong? Why is it whenever you say "I want your Cultural Center be put somewhere else" you are violating their rights?

I look at it this way, you have a right to put it anywhere you want and I get to object. That is the fundamental basis of the Constitution. That does not make me a racist, it just makes me different...

Now here is the hitch in this particular situation, Who Wins? No one really, not at this point...
When it comes to the 1st Amendment you have to realize that somewhere along the way a compromise has to be reached. Now, bad or not, those against it have no room to compromise, they want it moved and nothing else will satisfy. Where the compromise has to come in is with those who do want it near Ground Zero. Personally I wish there was another way around this problem, but there isn't. So here is what should be done:
Move the "Cultural Center" to another location further away from Ground Zero, and have the people of New York offer up some free land to put it on. That way everyone has to give something and that would be good...

But I also feel that those who want it near Ground Zero have no reason to compromise, because the real reason for keeping it there is for the sole purpose causing controversy, plain and simple. They want to hear the protests against it because it bolsters support from the Arab World, a world that has no concept of "Human Rights" Women have no right to speak out, marry who they want, drive a car, etc. Look, they will stone to death any woman that "May" have had an affair with another man, without any punishment to him, I might add... They will kill Doctors that are there to help, because they might have a Bible? But if someone like me who, by the way has read the Koran, says it is an evil book written by the Devil, gets a Fatwa against him. Now I don't believe that, not at all, but because I said it in this Blog, I will probably have a Fatwa put on me. Well go for it... Don't forget the 1st Amendment...

A little history: Years ago the Catholic Church put a Nuns building near a Holocaust Camp. The church received objections from Jewish groups and the church moved it. How hard was that???



No, the supporters have no desire to compromise or even feel sympathy for how it makes us react. Unfortunately, we are reacting exactly the way they want, because that is the only reason for putting it there. That way, in the Arab World we are racist and deserve nothing less than total destruction.

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