Spare Us
“Let’s try some comparable cases, OK? It causes some people pain to see Jews operating small businesses in non-Jewish neighborhoods; it causes some people pain to see Jews writing for national publications (as I learn from my mailbox most weeks); it causes some people pain to see Jews on the Supreme Court. So would ADL agree that we should ban Jews from these activities, so as to spare these people pain? No? What’s the difference?” —Paul Krugman on the Anti-Defamation League’s statement against building a mosque near the site of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan. The ADL said that “building an Islamic Center in the shadow of the World Trade Center will cause some victims more pain—unnecessarily—and that is not right.” 
Published 10.08.04 11:29:48 -0500 GMT
Posted by Andrew Garib on 10.08.04 
Created: 05.12.04 