http://www.avatarplanet.com/blog/2009/09/11/second-life-911-wtc-memorial-pictures/ By Second Life resident Apollo Manga (Erik Gordon Bainbridge) Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.avatarplanet.com/blog/2009/09/11/second-life-911-wtc-memorial-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-16165 Lisa Boyes Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:33:20 +0000 http://www.avatarplanet.com/blog/?p=398#comment-16165 Japan, as a nation and a people, have enough respect not to place a shrine for worship or learning anywhere near the site of the sinking of the U.S.S. Arizona, or anywhere at the site of the Pearl Harbor attacks, that I know of. I would respectfully request that the Muslim citizens who wish to build a mosque and a learning center, however multicultural and peaceful in nature, far more than two blocks away from Ground Zero, where the wounds are still so fresh. As U.S. citizens, I think most of us already understand that we are not at war with Muslims themselves or with Islam as a religion, only with those individuals who choose a radical view of Islam and choose to attack our country and its citizens. We cannot let the acts of a radical sect destroy the peace amongst the rest of our society. I entreat people of all faiths and backgrounds to treat Ground Zero as the hallowed ground that it is. Thank you. Japan, as a nation and a people, have enough respect not to place a shrine for worship or learning anywhere near the site of the sinking of the U.S.S. Arizona, or anywhere at the site of the Pearl Harbor attacks, that I know of. I would respectfully request that the Muslim citizens who wish to build a mosque and a learning center, however multicultural and peaceful in nature, far more than two blocks away from Ground Zero, where the wounds are still so fresh. As U.S. citizens, I think most of us already understand that we are not at war with Muslims themselves or with Islam as a religion, only with those individuals who choose a radical view of Islam and choose to attack our country and its citizens. We cannot let the acts of a radical sect destroy the peace amongst the rest of our society. I entreat people of all faiths and backgrounds to treat Ground Zero as the hallowed ground that it is. Thank you.

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