OT: Just had a disturbing conversation with a co-worker of mine.

He’s European, has lived here for 20+ years, and is a very sweet-natured and cheerful guy, albiet somewhat conserative socially. We were sharing 9/11 stories (since we were both in the city at the time) and were just wrapping up our conversation when he mentioned the “murderers and the mosque”. Turns out he’s dead-set against the Cordoba House and any Mosque built. To him, all Muslims are murders. No facts I could do could bring sanity to him.

Needless to say, this makes me deeply unhappy. He’s not an idiot, yet emotion and rage have got a hold of him; scary to see in a guy who never gets angry. He’s not alone in my office with these feelings, I now suspect.

All I can say, my dear Lizards, is that it’s going to be a long road ahead for our country (and world) to overcome this.

PS. Wonder how he’ll react when he finds out my wife is Muslim….