| melbye said: I think showing restraint in their celebration is not too much to ask for |
I think it IS too much to ask for.
If this were a Christian holiday, or a Jewish holiday, or any other holiday, it would be unreasonable to tell people that they should "show restraint" because of a nasty historical event happening to lie on the same day.
Basically, it's like saying "sorry, your birthday is September 11, so you never get to have a real party - you have to show restraint because of some idiots causing a lot of death 15 years ago".
It would be appropriate for those in the US to have, say, a minute's silence for those who died, during their services. That's as much as it is reasonable to ask for. Muslims elsewhere in the world should not be expected to do anything special.
EDIT: But then, this is all hypothetical, as the appropriate "religious authorities" have determined that it will fall on September 12, not 11.
EDIT 2:
contestgamer said:
So you came to report other consenting adults having a debate because you dont like it, so youd rather try and limit their own free speech when you could just as easily avoid their discussion in the first place? OK. |
You misunderstood - he didn't mean "report" in the sense of "click the Report button to warn the mods about misuse of the forums", but in the sense of "reporting the news that Eid may fall on September 11". He's the topic creator.
