WSJ Asks Strippers What They Think About The Ground Zero Mosque

by Steven Jessop | 4:07 pm, August 20th, 2010

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Many people on both sides of the argument have weighed in on the Park 51 Islamic center, more commonly known as the Ground Zero Mosque. But until now, one important and clearly relevant voice was left unheard – that of the exotic dancer community that apparently thrives around the Word Trade Center site. Now, thanks to the Wall Street Journal, that voice is being heard.

The article contests the idea that the location of the planned center sits on “hallowed ground,” explaining that the area isn’t that much different from any other spot in New York (read: surrounded by strip clubs and off-track betting facilities). The fact that the building used to house a Burlington Coat Factory and harbor homeless people also detracts from the sanctity of the space.

But the best thing about the story is the rare opportunity it provides to catch snippets of calm discourse (rather than the usual frenzied kind) from a group of people who work near the site, some of whom were directly affected by the terrorist attacks on 9/11 – “They’re not building a mosque in the World Trade Center,” one stripper said. “It’s all good. You have your synagogues and your churches. And you have a mosque.” Why can’t everyone speak as simply about the situation as a woman described as wearing “a tiny, shiny red dress?”

Even the dancers who didn’t agree with the building of the center avoided the fanatics that have given the story such prominent media coverage and worked everyone into a tizzy. The takeaway: strippers have level-headed views on controversial topics, and anything is better than a Burlington Coat Factory.

Ground Zero Mosque, hallowed ground, Park 51 Islamic center, stripper logic, The Wall Street Journal

http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Westover/1496648721 Tony Westover

You guys just lost Burlington Coat Factory as a sponsor :-)
StandUp

Finally the experts weigh in
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

Funny how nobody who thinks they’re making a point by saying “It was a Burlington Coat Factory!” ever mentions that it stopped being a Burlington Coat Factory because it got hit by plane wreckage.
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Several of the September 11 terrorists were Illegal Immigrants who had come to the U.S. as students and “overstayed” their visas. Among their credit card records were charges for visits to Strip Clubs in the San Diego area where they prayed at Imam Awalki’s Mosque. So the terrorists are also hypocrites as they condem Americans for their culture while enjoying it and lapping it-UP.

The uproar over the “15 Story Mosque Overshadowing Ground Zero” is another indication of Americans concern about immigration. The U.S. State Department is continuing to bring thousands of Middle Easterners to be “resettled” in the U.S. as “Political Asylum” refugees. They are unable to adjust to the American way-of-life and if even a small percentage of have the desire to inflict mass casualities on Americans in Times Square on a Saturday night, they are disaster waiting to happen, Click Link:

http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/palestinians-have-missle
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-A-Cohen/1421861353 Jonathan A Cohen

Jim Treacher said:
Funny how nobody who thinks they’re making a point by saying “It was a Burlington Coat Factory!” ever mentions that it stopped being a Burlington Coat Factory because it got hit by plane wreckage.

II am a NY’er and that building (BCF) is not location I ever went to, or even thought of, in re. TWC site and attack.

May have driven by while in the area of NY City Hall once or twice as it is only a block away.

And if one uses the logic that it seems that you are trying to use: There should be no/zero renovation work or construction work in the entire tri-state area. Or perhaps just NYC. Or perhaps just Manhatten. Or perhaps just not south of say 125th Street. Or 42nd street. Or 14th? Houston? Or just within say Tribeca, Civic Center or Financial District (All of Downtown).

But wait-there are construction sites and renovation work going on all over the place. We need to shut them all down. NOW!
Humm…..
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

So that means it didn’t get hit by plane wreckage on 9/11. Got it.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Poerio/9382907 Tony Poerio

So long as our president and the fine strippers of Manhattan believe that the mosque is “all good,” I think we can move on to worrying about another very important national issue. Who is going to maintain Heidi Montag’s new face now that she’s lost Dr. Ryan?

Now that’s tragedy.

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