Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Let's Play "Find the Missing Word"

In a comment on Jonah Goldberg's column on the Mosque Flap, someone left a high, dangling fastball.
"I guess I'll never understand why having a Burlington Coat Factory on "hallowed ground" is anymore acceptable than having a community center. "
Well. It seems like we're missing a word here. A word which might shed some light on "why".   Could have ... wait ... I'm getting something ... an "M" word?  Yes, I'm definitely sensing a word beginning with the letter "M".

I had to respond.  It's Stop an Echo Day, after all.  Every day is Stop an Echo Day in my book:
"Could have something to do with the fact that a group of Burlington Coat Factory Employees didn't smother 3,000 people to death there in the name of the Burlington Coat Factory, but I'll admit that's just a wild guess."
Folks, tolerance and sensitivity is a two way street.  When it only flows one way, the people from whom it flows figure it out eventually.

I know.  White males and their sports metaphors.  Racists.

3 comments:

mkfreeberg said...

When it only flows one way, the people from whom it flows figure it out eventually.

Hmmmm...that's an interesting thought. The same is true of money. And, now that I think on it awhile, the people who are oh so shocked when the money spigot slaps shut, are the very same people who are surprised when the tolerance gravy train comes to a screeching halt as well.

Feeling a new word coming on here. Um, er, ah..."Perpetual Motion Machine People"??

tim said...

As far as the Burlington Coat factory is concerned it was there already and as mentioned on TV and radio, it IS ground zero as the landing gear of one of the planes, piloted by Muslims, landing on it.

Howzabout the Greek Orthodox church that was ALREADY THERE and destroyed by that day, by a plane highjacked by Muslims by the way, be allowed to be rebuilt.

Liberals hate religion…unless it’s the enemy’s.

philmon said...

Hmmmm...that's an interesting thought. The same is true of money.

This is the main underlying reason why charity should be local and flow as directly as possible from the giver to the givee. It's much harder to take undue advantage of it that way.