[MD] Theocracy, Secularism, and Democracy

[John Carl]

Hey Horse,


>
> It's just about afternoon here in sunny Blighty and I'm afraid my pschic
> abilities don't kick in properly until the evening after a beer or a spliff.
> However, being of the same stock as Sherlock Holmes I do possess uncanny
> detective abilities!! So it was elementary my dear boy! :)
>
>
Too bad you're all hidebound and socially repressed in a dark, dank little
country, Horse.  Here in Sunny California we're all about the beer for
breakfast, followed by a mood-lightner to get the day going right.




> However, I was just wondering why, in a country that, apparently, prides
> itself on a constitutional right to freedom of religion, and the practice
> thereof, there should be so much opposition to establishing a mosque in
> close proximity to the 9/11 site.



I'll tell you why, my friend.  It's because in America, labels are more
relevant than reality and the populace thinks buying a faux flag banner,
made in china, is some kind of "patriotic response".

That's what passes for public philosophy in America - watch Fox news at
night and buy a bumper sticker in the morning.