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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
On one hand you say that the site IS more likely to be attacked then you say it won't get attacked unless people don't act like criminals? Well what if you were the business next store? How would you feel then knowing that the site next to you IS more likely to be attacked meaning that you are in greater danger through no fault of your own.
Once again we aren't advocating taking away any freedoms from these people but are showing concern for the other citizens of the area who are now at more risk because of the choice of location. Does that mean we should force them to move or stop them from building or sympathize with those that would do them harm? No. But assuming that anyone who believes that the people building the mosque have made a poor choice of a location doesn't mean we are racist or insensitive. Just trying to use common sense.
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It's more likely to be attacked because criminals will be criminals and there is an anti-Muslim fear/hatred that lots of people have - maybe not you, but the long list of mosques that get attacked all over the place prove over and over that location is not why these places get attacked, but because people hate Muslims. If people can't control themselves and their fear and emotions and desire to lash out uncontrollably against people who didn't commit 9/11 for what happened on 9/11, then that's their problem. If that increases the risk of attack, then that's still their fault, not the fault of the people building the mosque wherever they choose, with the support from the community council that voted 29-1 to approve it.
If I'm the business next door, then I would hope that hoodlum criminals don't commit crimes in my neighborhood, and I'd certainly blame the people committing crimes rather than the victims of the crime for somehow inviting that crime upon themselves. It's still not their fault, and still not their responsibility to ensure that criminals who hate Muslims don't attack them.