Sorry Pilgrim, all of this proves that we can not see beyond our emotions and our illogic to actually hold up what we claim is important to us.
The subject has two parts to many of us who think it isn't a big deal, one is the religious aspect of it and one is the people behind it.
I do not side with the latter in any way and think there is a lot more to this than what we are told. I think there is some connection to some in congress and this goes back to Bush. But I do defend the former regardless what the religious happens to be. I also do not see it as a victory because it would be a victory for any religion building a house of worship.
The area has no longer is as sacred as others make it out as, as a few overseas have observed, it is our symbol of our inability to bounce back with better resolve but rather our ability to bicker over money - one person said it well just the other day "we are a country that see justice spelled with dollar signs". I happen to agree with all of that, seeing we have overcompensated for what happened and redefined a lot because of the event and aftermath while forgetting the serious lessons borne out of it.
The reason I brought up the witnesses, they seem to be a target of Christian hate on different levels. Some of them seem to be rather nice and seem to make a good point or two but learning of their past, how they have been targets, and seeing when I say no they won't stand there and argue with me, they don't seem to be what others make them out to be. Muslims seem to fall into that same thing, many don't want to learn about their religion, they don't want to be open about any differences but follow what others have said about Muslims.
