You brought out the tape measure first when you said the proposed site was too close to Grouns Zero, so all I wanted to know was, if this site is 'too close', how far away would be enough.
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Because taking out a tape measure to determine what distance is > acceptable is asking an unanswerable question. How does one arrive at > that? It's being obnoxious. My response was 4 blocks just to point out > that a mosque was already there and it had nothing to do with > intolerance to Muslims as a whole. > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Just observing. You can actually come across as a reasonable person >> once in a while. The problem is that when someone calls you on >> something, instead of answering in a reasonable manner, you get into >> the personal attacks. I think your exchange with Scott is a good >> example. You stated that 4 blocks is a minimum distance for the >> mosque. Scott asked why 4 blocks and not three. Instead of replying >> with a reasoned response you began with the personal attacks on him. >> The end result is that a lot more hysteria was generated on your part. >> If you had explained why 4 blocks was reasonable all that sturm and >> drang would not have been needed. No other insults would have been >> generated either way. And most importantly you would have come off >> sounding (and acting) like a reasonable person, instead of a wild eyed >> fanatic. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325463 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
