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Manhattan Community Board Endorses Mosque Near Ground Zero

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_RememberTonyC5/26/2010 1:44:38 pm PDT

re: #263 Nimed

Help in what? Not to pile on you here, but AFAIK there was nothing happening in Arizona that doesn’t happen in other border states, and AZ has pretty average crime statistics for any state.

You seem to be saying that because this is a local matter, Arizonans necessarily know better, so this law couldn’t possibly be motivated by bigotry despite all appearances to the contrary.

I have no issue with your question. I think people in AZ are scared. I don’t live there, but when I see news reports about Phoenix being called a “kidnapping capital,” I guess I can feel sympathy for those who are affected by border security issues and drug gang activity. Is the law a panacea? Obviously not. But when the politicians and people of the state feel they’re being abandoned by the fed govt (which includes previous Republican administrations, by the way), I can somewhat understand that they have concerns. And if they don’t feel the feds share their concerns, they might try something on a local or state level. That is how I really see the situation.