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stevenpiziks) wrote2010-08-05 01:21 am
stevenpiziks) wrote2010-08-05 01:21 am
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Dear Anti-Defamation League
Dear Anti-Defamation League:
You say you are opposed to a Muslim group building a mosque two blocks ("in the shadow") north of the Twin Towers site. I must ask you, then:
How far away would be far enough?
Three blocks? Four? Half a mile? A league?
Where's the break point? How about you draw a little circle on a map and then explain why building a mosque on this side is Okay and on that side is Disrespectful. I mean, at some point, the difference would be a yard. A foot. An inch. Why is that inch okay and that inch not?
This coming fall I will be teaching English 12, and we'll be reading MAUS by Art Spiegelman. One of the themes in MAUS is that victims of prejudice are often themselves prejudiced. The Anti-Defamation League used to be called the Jewish Anti-Defamation League and it used to fight for religious tolerance. It also fights for intolerance, and I thank you for providing a real-world example to use in my classroom.
Sincerely,
Steven Piziks
You say you are opposed to a Muslim group building a mosque two blocks ("in the shadow") north of the Twin Towers site. I must ask you, then:
How far away would be far enough?
Three blocks? Four? Half a mile? A league?
Where's the break point? How about you draw a little circle on a map and then explain why building a mosque on this side is Okay and on that side is Disrespectful. I mean, at some point, the difference would be a yard. A foot. An inch. Why is that inch okay and that inch not?
This coming fall I will be teaching English 12, and we'll be reading MAUS by Art Spiegelman. One of the themes in MAUS is that victims of prejudice are often themselves prejudiced. The Anti-Defamation League used to be called the Jewish Anti-Defamation League and it used to fight for religious tolerance. It also fights for intolerance, and I thank you for providing a real-world example to use in my classroom.
Sincerely,
Steven Piziks