Ground Zero mosque profoundly bad idea
Editor, Townsman:
Would it offend to build a Shinto shrine above the USS Arizona, or erect a statute of Erwin Rommel at Omaha Beach, or construct an Axis Powers museum at Arlington? Of course.
It is not a question of jingoism or hatred. No one would seriously argue that Japan, Germany and Italy are not friends of the United States. Nor is it a question of religious freedom.
Rather, it is a matter of basic human dignity, of respect for thousands of honored dead and the consecrated ground where they fell, and perhaps recognition of the sensibilities and consequences of a proud nation attacked while at peace.
Andrew P. Botti
Chestnut Street
