Thursday, September 08, 2011

Wanted for Murder?

Of the English language.

I just watched a programme about the "Ground Zero Mosque".

I'm not a fan of any religion. Too many people have been killed in the name of a god, back to the medieval crusades and beyond.

I hate how some major religions put women into a subservient position. And as far as I understand that can mean orthodox Judaism as much as Islam.

I can understand the opposition of the people who lost someone on 9/11 to a Muslim place of worship so close to the site destroyed by Muslim fundamentalists. I understand the moderate Muslims' wish to have a place of worship and reconciliation.

They won't understand one another on principle.

But while they duke it out, did the anti-mosque movement that has apparently grown up across the US have to commit the murder of English?

One of the official posters at a rally stated "our piece and quite are not for sale".

Are they "quite" sure? And "piece" of what? Cake?

It would be funny if it were not so tragic.

4 comments:

  1. Maybe they're dyslexic, huh maybe? And spell check would in no way have helped these folks out.

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  2. Anonymous9:11 pm

    I've noticed that spelling of "quiet" to reflect "quite" especially down in the south. A friend from Texas would even pronounce it that way, so maybe it has something to do with that. I have no logical reasoning for "piece" though.

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  3. Great post Val. Cheers!!

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  4. If there's one thing that goes up my ass a mile, is when I see misspelled political signs and graffiti.

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