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Well, given that the board approved it, and given that the protests are generally against the idea of "Islam getting too close to '9/11 hallowed ground,' aka 'Ground Zero'," I have a tough time considering this as being anything other than a national if not international issue.
I see it as a First Amendment issue. I see it as an international cultural and religious issue.
I can't see it as a local issue once you move beyond the official steps regarding zoning and building regulations. I think this is because I see both 9/11 and Islam in a post-9/11 world as being anything but a purely local issue.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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