The Pacific Aviation Museum there doesn't have sushi on the menu, but teriaki beef and asian stir fry! Horrors! [link]

I'd be surprised if you couldn't get sushi in the AFB mess hall. Hell, you could get it at Ft. Hood...

ANYWAY. PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET ARE WRONG.

The argument goes something like - sure it's legal but it's disrespectful so it shouldn't be allowed.

Not legally blocked, just the people building the mosque/sushi restaurant shouldn't do it because it's in bad taste and so why it shouldn't be against the law it should be heavily discouraged from happening.

That one actually kind of makes sense as an analogy, but I don't see why it shouldn't be allowed. It's not like a sushi restaurant is an arm of the WWII-era Japanese government.

I think it's a decent analogy, and given the fact that there's absolutely nothing wrong with being able to buy sushi at Pearl Harbour, just highlights for me the baffling nature of arguments against this mosque.

Now I want to know if there's a sushi restaruant at the Pentagon.

Now I want to know if there's a sushi restaruant at the Pentagon.

There's one at the Pentagon City mall. Also a middle eastern restaurant. I've never been to the actual Pentagon.

If it was there before 9/11 it's okay, according to this person.

If it's being built after then it becomes suspect and disrespectful.

I asked if a mile to the Arizona Memorial is too close for sushi.

I pointed out that this doesn't track because in his scenario the person who killed my cat also moves next door.

In this case -- wasn't there one already there - since 1970?

and by the other - there should be no italian food ( If Columbus is the start ) near a reservation?

I find a lot of this very silly. One of my neighbor families is Vietnamese. Now they did flee on a boat because Dad was on the wrong side. Dad has been back his two sons live in Vietnam I se moving on a progress there . And I know some rather narrow minded guys that fought in Vietnam -- and have gone back to Vietnam and found it healing. Running away or putting your head in the sand doesn't make things go away. Drawing lines on the world? Sometimes feels like two kids sharing a room. Eventually one of them is going to put a big toe over the line

We're getting married here sometime in mid-November! I'm not mentioning this on facebook yet because we just decided and haven't told family.

sj, that's FANTASTIC!!! Best wishes to you and teacup guy.

IN RE the Muslim Community Center in Lower Manhattan...

I cannot see one legal reason to prohibit the construction of this center. I understand why it hurts people, BUT, imo, it mostly hurts people because we (as a nation) disregard the difference between fundamentalists and moderates.

Dirty secret not posted elsewhere: Yeah, I actually think the folks that want to build the community center in lower Manhattan ought to say, "Oh man, this is ouchy. Never mind. We'll pick another spot." This is a moral judgment, not a legal one.

That said, I'm so upset about how it's been portrayed (mosque versus community center that contains an area for prayer and "ground zero" versus the actuality, of " an old clothing store a couple of blocks away") that I don't really give a good damn whether or not it goes up. I think the builders have an absolute right, but I also think it's a sort of crass thing to do -- not because Muslims = terrorists, but just in the same way that -- were I king of the forest, I would never construct a Christian center or worship or memorial in a WW II Euro site.

1. sj, that place looks perfect!!!

2. Not only is there sushi near Pearl Harbor, there is a Shinto shrine.

3. God fucking damn it our a/c compressor is fried. OH HAI NEW AIR CONDITIONER YES WE HAVE A SPARE COUPLE (OR MORE) THOUSAND BUCKS LYING AROUND.

I'm just...shredded. I can't stop crying. Tomorrow is 3 weeks since Tim's mom went in the hospital, and it's felt like we've been sprinting ever since then. And I'm glad we went on the family trip this weekend, but it was really hard emotionally. So we were looking forward to finally being able to start to chill out (no pun intended). So of course the goddamn a/c goes out. And it's fucking HOT.

And I am so goddamned TIRED.

I feel like I'm being weak and a jackass for being so upset about everything, when Tim needs me to be supportive. I just can't handle this shit.

And all I can think is, oh my god, what next? I've got a toothache that's been nagging for about 10 days, and I'm going to the dentist Friday and I'm worried that it's going to need root canal. I'm constantly worried about my job, not from a standpoint of my own performance (although after the bullshit 2 years ago, I've never *quite* stopped worrying) but more from the standpoint of whether the company will go under. The dalmatian isn't doing well, but we're trying so hard to help her and it just doesn't seem like it's working.

The snakes are going to come through the roof any minute now. I just can't fucking handle any of it.

sj, that is gorgeous! An excellent choice!
 
Sushi is never in bad taste! Couple of things strike me from that comment, first that sushi is analagous to a mosque. Hee. We like the fish, but it`s not our religion! And secondly, yeah, good to remember there`s still plenty of anti-Japanese sentiment. Guess that should be my catalyst to go figure out how to get invilved with the Japanese-Americans who are fighting against Guantanamo and anti-Muslim sentiment.