now the left wingers on this blog are
beginning to sound like jingoists.
they’ll hold the USA up as a “beacon of freedom”
but only as it relates to letting a “victory mosque”
go up a couple of hundred yards from Ground Zero
with questionable funding and a cagey Imam.
Etson, I’d say that #3 is difficult for lots of new transplants – not all that easy to make friends anymore.
11217, I agree with your 3:05. I think that the longer we live here and “get used to” the NYC life, we forget why we came here, at least in part. The things new people take immense joy in bore a lot of us to tears. At this point, you couldn’t pay me to go into the Empire State Building for fun. I’ve got “been there, done that, got the t-shirt” attitude about a lot of things like that. After a while, the magic wears off, and it’s just home. And, I firmly believe that if you’ve been here for a long time and you are lacking the 3 things I mentioned above, the magic not only wears off, but you become a smidge bitter.
You guys should chill with the symbolism talk if you’re against the mosque – I think the argument goes that having a mosque very close to WTC is another powerful symbol.
“WHY did the terrorists attack NEW YORK CITY if it wasn’t considered by them to be the beacon of everything that America stands for?”
Exactly! There’s a reason the World Trade Center (global symbol of American capital) was attacked along with the Pentagon (global symbol of American military power).
Attacking Cleveland, or Peoria, just wouldn’t have had the same impact.
and doesn’t Wyoming get more gov’t anti terrorism funds per capita then NYC does?
lol,
now the left wingers on this blog are
beginning to sound like jingoists.
they’ll hold the USA up as a “beacon of freedom”
but only as it relates to letting a “victory mosque”
go up a couple of hundred yards from Ground Zero
with questionable funding and a cagey Imam.
Hypocrisy rules the day once again I see.
Etson, I’d say that #3 is difficult for lots of new transplants – not all that easy to make friends anymore.
11217, I agree with your 3:05. I think that the longer we live here and “get used to” the NYC life, we forget why we came here, at least in part. The things new people take immense joy in bore a lot of us to tears. At this point, you couldn’t pay me to go into the Empire State Building for fun. I’ve got “been there, done that, got the t-shirt” attitude about a lot of things like that. After a while, the magic wears off, and it’s just home. And, I firmly believe that if you’ve been here for a long time and you are lacking the 3 things I mentioned above, the magic not only wears off, but you become a smidge bitter.
“Almost every person in this country can trace their roots to those who passed through Ellis Island because New York was the symbol of freedom.”
Many of my friends jump the border.
You guys should chill with the symbolism talk if you’re against the mosque – I think the argument goes that having a mosque very close to WTC is another powerful symbol.
haven’t there been terror plots uncovered where the targets were in middle america?
I happen to LOVE NYC. I also happen to have all 3 on Snappy’s list so I guess it only makes sense.
“WHY did the terrorists attack NEW YORK CITY if it wasn’t considered by them to be the beacon of everything that America stands for?”
Exactly! There’s a reason the World Trade Center (global symbol of American capital) was attacked along with the Pentagon (global symbol of American military power).
Attacking Cleveland, or Peoria, just wouldn’t have had the same impact.
Fair assessment, snappy.
Would add that I think #3 is quite easy in NYC relative to other cities because of the sheer volume / proximity of people.