[MD] Theocracy, Secularism, and Democracy

[david buchanan]

Right on, Dave Thomas. The whole point of building a monument to religious freedom is to have a public space where people can be forced to worship at gunpoint. The whole point of American liberty itself is to use state authority to force ritualistic compliance. I'm glad you see this point so clearly. And what could do more to show the Islamic world that we are not their enemies than building a giant mosque made of pork? That idea shows a certain kind of diplomatic genius. Gandhi, MLK and thee. 


> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:44:31 -0500
> From: combinedefforts at earthlink.net
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Subject: Re: [MD] Theocracy, Secularism, and Democracy
> 
> On 8/18/10 11:48 PM, "David Buchanan" <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Maybe I'm just naive but I was thinking that we should build an actual mosque
> > directly on top of the world trade center site, the biggest mosque in the
> > world. This could be our chance to send a message to the world about religious
> > freedom, not to mention acceptance and forgiveness. These are good messages.
> 
> I like it Dave. A mosque with twin minarets taller than the original towers.
> Then post a special division of Marines there to require any and all
> visiting the site to take their shoes off, wash their feet, and bow towards
> Mecca. Great idea!
> 
> Dave
> 
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