tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073307022730595940.post7145304491750019822..comments2024-01-08T14:24:09.348-05:00Comments on Life; Paralyzed: Why all the hate?Chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069146517819619339noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073307022730595940.post-23868935020925542932010-09-06T18:47:45.712-04:002010-09-06T18:47:45.712-04:00I would consider building a strip joint in bad tas...I would consider building a strip joint in bad taste, and yet you see them in plenty of decent neighborhoods. Frankly, it'd be nice to see anything being built at ground zero. We're approaching the ten year anniversary and most of the area is still just a humungous hole. Half of Dubai was built in that amount of time. The 3,000 or so victims that were killed there came from every race and many religions (Muslim included- terrorists aside) and nothing will ever get built trying to please everyone. Life moves on and it'd be a positive thing for the people living in NYC to bring that area back to life as a functioning part of the city. I totally agree with a Memorial site to commemorate the victims. The focus now should be on the living. Muslim Americans are a part of that community. <br />Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic, I know it's Jesus that said that. I just think it's ironic how quickly Christians forget Jesus's message of love, when it comes to dealing with anyone or anything non-Christian. While you might not be saying anything hateful personally, I've read and heard many bigoted remarks about Muslims and this mosque issue has just added fuel to the fire. I think it's very sad.Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069146517819619339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073307022730595940.post-67671642850459524252010-09-06T18:47:20.944-04:002010-09-06T18:47:20.944-04:00I'm going to post your comment for you.
Yeah....I'm going to post your comment for you. <br />Yeah. I think the nuns should've been able to build their convent, if it wasn't on the same property. I mean whoever owned Auschwitz has the right to do whatever they want, even tear it down. I'm not saying that would be right, in terms of sensitivity, but it would be their legal right. I just don't see why Muslims that had nothing to do (and have been living and worshiping in that area both before 9/11 and now) should be treated as if they are terrorist or have any connection to the atrocities of that attack. The only relation is that the terrorists happened to be radical extremist Muslims, but that's not representative of the whole of Islam. It just kills me that hate groups like the KKK are respected and given certain freedoms of speech, and yet normal law abiding Muslims get treated worst in some cases. How about the thousands of "good Christian folk" that openly fly the confederate flag, and no one bats an eyelash. There seems to be a big double standard at times. I feel discrimination, of any kind is wrong and when you are judging people you don't know, based on their religion, that's clearly discrimination. Not to mention the simple fact that church and state are separate and they have the right to build on private property. Whether people think it's in bad taste or not is their problem.Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069146517819619339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073307022730595940.post-40544325519284767732010-09-06T18:46:21.428-04:002010-09-06T18:46:21.428-04:00I'm going to post your comment for you.
Yeah....I'm going to post your comment for you. <br />Yeah. I think the nuns should've been able to build their convent, if it wasn't on the same property. I mean whoever owned Auschwitz has the right to do whatever they want, even tear it down. I'm not saying that would be right, in terms of sensitivity, but it would be their legal right. I just don't see why Muslims that had nothing to do (and have been living and worshiping in that area both before 9/11 and now) should be treated as if they are terrorist or have any connection to the atrocities of that attack. The only relation is that the terrorists happened to be radical extremist Muslims, but that's not representative of the whole of Islam. It just kills me that hate groups like the KKK are respected and given certain freedoms of speech, and yet normal law abiding Muslims get treated worst in some cases. How about the thousands of "good Christian folk" that openly fly the confederate flag, and no one bats an eyelash. There seems to be a big double standard at times. I feel discrimination, of any kind is wrong and when you are judging people you don't know, based on their religion, that's clearly discrimination. Not to mention the simple fact that church and state are separate and they have the right to build on private property. Whether people think it's in bad taste or not is their problem. I would consider building a strip joint in bad taste, and yet you see them in plenty of decent neighborhoods. Frankly, it'd be nice to see anything being built at ground zero. We're approaching the ten year anniversary and most of the area is still just a humungous hole. Half of Dubai was built in that amount of time. The 3,000 or so victims that were killed there came from every race and many religions (Muslim included- terrorists aside) and nothing will ever get built trying to please everyone. Life moves on and it'd be a positive thing for the people living in NYC to bring that area back to life as a functioning part of the city. I totally agree with a Memorial site to commemorate the victims. The focus now should be on the living. Muslim Americans are a part of that community. <br />Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic, I know it's Jesus that said that. I just think it's ironic how quickly Christians forget Jesus's message of love, when it comes to dealing with anyone or anything non-Christian. While you might not be saying anything hateful personally, I've read and heard many bigoted remarks about Muslims and this mosque issue has just added fuel to the fire. I think it's very sad.Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069146517819619339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073307022730595940.post-28373648679205173352010-09-06T18:45:47.470-04:002010-09-06T18:45:47.470-04:00Dear Christina - Got on your blog -"Why the H...Dear Christina - Got on your blog -"Why the Hate?" Wrote my comment but it may not be posted as I have no Google or any other account listed.<br /> BUT - no one is expressing any hate - simply a request to move the mosque site to another location. A little sensitivity please! When a Polish order of nuns (in their own country) placed a convent next to Auschwitz and they had nothing to do with the horrors that went on there, they were forced to move at the request of Pope John Paul who caved in to the Jewish people who were terribly upset. A New York rabbi even flew to Poland and harassed the nuns by climbing on to the roof of the convent. <br />Hate for the Muslims does not enter into this at all. It's simply a matter of consideration. Build your mosque anyplace you want but not at the site of 9/11.<br />And in case you don't read my comment on your blog - Jesus was the one who said -"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone."<br />AND - God forbid - we should ever have Sharia law in America. Stoning to death for illicit affairs and chopping off hands for stealing. We're not back in the dark ages.<br />Bashar - calmly informed me years ago that in his country they chop off hands for stealing. I hardly wanted to hear more of what was done in his country. We're not living in the dark ages. Hope you don't mind hearing me out. It's what makes this country so great. We can have an opinion. Love , Grandma<3<3<3Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069146517819619339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073307022730595940.post-11046382937288075552010-08-24T06:50:11.827-04:002010-08-24T06:50:11.827-04:00You took the words right out of my mouth. Adam and...You took the words right out of my mouth. Adam and I have been discussing this over the last week. It really boils my blood to see how people are treating this situation. I've never thought it made sense to put down or hate a group of people just because of their religion or lifestyle. Those who commit a crime should be accountable for their actions and them alone.KSnyder06https://www.blogger.com/profile/13563287713172269483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073307022730595940.post-61627585192886088212010-08-22T01:51:31.186-04:002010-08-22T01:51:31.186-04:00I was giving you crap about the atheist thing... J...I was giving you crap about the atheist thing... Just because you're atheist, doesn't mean you're anti-religion. Buddhists and some Hindu are atheistic, and religious...<br /><br />Anyway, that's a topic for another day. What I always tell people that get on the high horse about religion and god is that their god made me this way, and who are they to question him.<br /><br />People have defiantly used their beliefs in god(s) for ulterior motives for thousands of years now... I don't see it ending anytime soon. :-(AS553https://www.blogger.com/profile/09343520715095563458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073307022730595940.post-4525955860449817042010-08-21T21:42:49.326-04:002010-08-21T21:42:49.326-04:00Heehee...thanks bro! I only mentioned not being at...Heehee...thanks bro! I only mentioned not being atheist to emphasize the fact that I'm not anti-religion, per se. I think there's a God. I just hate how people use that concept to divide themselves from other people and/or consider themselves special (therefor better and/or entitled to special privileges) than other people. If there is a God, it's only logical that he/she would've created us all and would, in turn want us to be unified & respect one another. Instead, all people do is fight and hurt one another & use "God" as the scapegoat.Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069146517819619339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073307022730595940.post-11445743109875177542010-08-18T21:19:46.896-04:002010-08-18T21:19:46.896-04:00It may be where I grew up (Allentown was fairly di...It may be where I grew up (Allentown was fairly diverse, and walking down the halls of my High School I could hear 7 diff languages being spoken), but I defiantly agree with you. You cannot classify a culture by the extreme actions of one sub-sect. People will pervert any belief to get people to do their bidding, Al-Qaeda just happened to use Islam because that's the dominant religion in that area. Same with every other terrorist group in that part of the world.<br /><br />Since the KKK acts in the name of the Christian god, and White power, all white people are like that and burn crosses, right? Even white Muslims! They burn crosses then blow up the building, right?<br /><br />Stereotypes are silly, and people need to learn to look at people as people, unique and individual.<br /><br />Also, I like how you qualify your statement with "I'm not atheist" :-PAS553https://www.blogger.com/profile/09343520715095563458noreply@blogger.com