Class Discussion-2

I thought Friday's class discussion was pretty interesting, and hearing people's thoughts on the issue gave me a view to both sides of whether or not the mosque should be built near ground zero. But from begining to end of the discussion I beleived that the mosque shouldn't be built near ground zero because there are people who are still suffering from what happened on September 11. There were people who said it wasn't right to judge the muslims just because a few committed terrosim; and I agree but it's not the first time the U.S has been a target. I don't have a problem with the mosque being built anywhere else, I just wouldn't believe it would be something nice to do considering whats near by. There was this analogy I read in an article that I believe goes pretty well with this situation, a man said "Nazi's don't have the right to put up signs near the holocuast". When I sided with the believe that the mosque should not be built near ground zero it was because I was thinking of those that have suffered and the people that are still suffering and not because it's being racist as others in class believe. The mosque can be built there, they have the right, they just want a place to worship their religion peacefully like all other types of religions; but just because something can be done it doesn't really mean it should. And I feel bad becuase there are people out there that seem to want to stop muslims from doing anything, even from doing a frundraiser, and that's were I believe enough is enough. People come to live in the U.S for a better life and I believe they need to be given that chance. But overall the class discussion was great, there were some people that were really into it and I'm glad I actually contributed some of my thoughts.