tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post6186426032752043360..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Nicholas Kristof Wouldn't Know The Truth If It Hit Him In The Face And Then Sat On His HeadWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-6756840225901972912010-09-13T01:31:44.086-04:002010-09-13T01:31:44.086-04:00Louis, you have obviously never dealt with the Zon...Louis, you have obviously never dealt with the Zoning department!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371422948663299719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-4449643871797971452010-09-12T21:50:34.205-04:002010-09-12T21:50:34.205-04:00"What is truth?" might be Kristoff's..."What is truth?" might be Kristoff's response. <br /><br />"It's the thing that's sitting on your head."W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-10140036615983709022010-09-12T21:20:19.209-04:002010-09-12T21:20:19.209-04:00"As to the professor's essay, Kristoff, P..."As to the professor's essay, Kristoff, Peretz, Jacobsen... why can't you Jews get along?"<br /><br />You're under the misimpression that Kristoff is Jewish?!Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042672531220300529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-56196811832924727722010-09-12T21:18:39.851-04:002010-09-12T21:18:39.851-04:00"The whole argument is based on a "const..."The whole argument is based on a "constitutional right", that is not there. Building a building is within the state/city purview. And has nothing to do with their 'constitutional rights'! A building is a building, whether you call it a church or mosque or pool hall or whatever. It is controlled by the state/city and their elected officials. And so far the state/city has approved the building of a building! I don't see it being built. If the city does it's job!"<br /><br />Wow, you've really packed a lot of very basic misunderstanding in there.<br /><br />You think because "building a building is within state/city purview" the Constitution is an irrelancy, that it wouldn't matter if local authorities came up with some transparently discriminatory excuse for denying them the necessary permits, or attempted to exercise their power of eminent domain to keep them from developing the property, or otherwise acted inconsistently with various Constitutional guarantees, including those found in the First and Fourteenth Amendments?<br /><br />How do you imagine the city can stay within the law and prevent this project from going forward?Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042672531220300529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-74462568571142710272010-09-12T21:10:38.680-04:002010-09-12T21:10:38.680-04:00"But it will cost them billions..." Bil..."But it will cost them billions..." Billions of US dollars? How do you arrive at that conclusion?<br /><br />"Nothing says a person has a 'right' build anything. They may build the building, subject to the states authority to make zoning laws. Please correct me if I am wrong!" Those who would build this mosque, or community center, have no greater or lesser "right" to do so than anyone else would have to build something for similar use, be they Christian, Jewish, Hindu, atheist, or whatever. There are few "rights" that are absolute in the sense that nothing in any way limits their exercise, except those that really amount to freedoms, like the "right" to life and liberty.<br /><br />"Banks are under no obligation to lend them money. Every worker has the right to walk out of the job." There are anti-discrimination laws that might come into play if in refusing to lend banks were not relying on defensible business judgement, and while individuals can decline a job, they could find themselves in trouble if they went beyond exercising their individual prerogative to decline a job.<br /><br />Captain Renault's shock to learn that there was gambling going on in Casablanca is nothing compared to mine upon learning that the ever righteous, and not so approving of Israel, Nicholas Kristoff would dishonestly parse Marty Peretz's words in order to strike a lofty. It's truly, and characteristically, disgusting of Kristoff.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042672531220300529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-80196816126590112602010-09-12T20:23:01.769-04:002010-09-12T20:23:01.769-04:00The whole argument is based on a "constitutio...The whole argument is based on a "constitutional right", that is not there. Building a building is within the state/city purview. And has nothing to do with their "constitutional rights"! A building is a building, whether you call it a church or mosque or pool hall or whatever. It is controlled by the state/city and their elected officials. And so far the state/city has approved the building of a building! I don't see it being built. If the city does it's job!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371422948663299719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-29682117635261707162010-09-12T17:45:14.649-04:002010-09-12T17:45:14.649-04:00"They may build the building, subject to the ..."They may build the building, subject to the states authority to make zoning laws."<br /><br />They can hire anyone to build it who will work for them, and who can build it to spec.<br /><br />Banks are under no obligation to lend them money. Every worker has the right to walk out of the job. Consumers can boycott the companies working on it. And the unions have the right to picket and protest, just as they would any other enterprise their members were against.<br /><br />Basically, if your neighbors decide to be repulsively offensive, you can turn around and be just as offensive and obstreperous as you can manage to be, within the confines of the law.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06009702414432282984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-12718390403209298662010-09-12T17:20:10.276-04:002010-09-12T17:20:10.276-04:00Everyone keeps talking about Muslims "constit...Everyone keeps talking about Muslims "constitutional right" to build a building whether a mosque or whatever they call it.They have a right to worship as they wish, but not a "right" to build a building. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"Nothing says a person has a "right" build anything. They may build the building, subject to the states authority to make zoning laws. Please correct me if I am wrong!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371422948663299719noreply@blogger.com