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Originally Posted by WOMBAI
Don't patronise me - you're not the expert you seem to think you are! My views are based on many things - not what I read in the Daily Mail or any other paper! What an arrogant remark!
I am not saying all Muslims, moderate or otherwise are supporting this, but clearly it is not just extremists behind this! What has moral panic got to do with anything - not about fear, just about commonsense prevailing over bad taste!
Regardless of anything else - it is disrespecful to build a mosque so close to ground zero! 9/11 was carried out by Muslims - regardless of nationality - and that is what is going to upset, not only the relatives of those who died, but many others as well!
To then go and build a hugh symbol of the Muslim religion so close to the site of such an atrocity - is laughing in the face of the Americans - including those that died and their families! Of course it can't be allowed! In the end - common sense and common decency - rule the day!
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Moral Panic doesn't just mean panic or fear, it can mean stirring up anger as well. Think of the Jonathon Ross phone scandal, that was something small until the Daily Mail picked it up and stirred the pot, that was anger rather then fear but it can still be classed as a moral panic. If it wasn't for the media incorrectly reporting that it'd be built on Ground Zero would we be aware of it at all?
We're all guilty of being misled by Media, i'm not being arrogant like you always say I am. I'm just saying it's the main reason why Islam is so demonised because the media has stirred the pot for years. If another terrorist attack were to happen that was committed by a different group we'd all be in fear of them and the media would have a new target.
But I agree with Shasown and Wildcat, I just hope the more hardcore opposition don't do anything stupid.