The argument seriously consists of nothing more than this "This center should not be built near Ground Zero because it represents the violence of the Islamic tradition. Why does it represent the violence of Islam, you ask? Because it is being built near Ground Zero, of course!" Just apply the transitive property of equality and the argument boils down to "it shouldn't be built near Ground Zero because it's being built near Ground Zero."
This led me to wonder...
...has anyone yet proposed that we relocate Ground Zero in order to solve the whole dilemma? Because that really seems to be what this is all about. Ground Zero is apparently in the wrong location for these people, despite their claims that it's the Islamic community center that bothers them.

We could move it to Murfeesboro, TN, so that they look marginally less dumb.
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ReplyDeleteSmacks of Coase. I like it.
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