# Ideas as wise as ground zero mosque **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 25, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349 "2010-08-25T00:58:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/41 "2010-08-25T17:31:31Z")
An anvil factory next to a coyote sanctuary. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/42 "2010-08-25T18:08:57Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > An anvil factory next to a coyote sanctuary. For the win. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/43 "2010-08-25T18:13:52Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > > [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > > > Step one: Take a horrific moment in history were many died at the hand of a deluded few. > > I choose the Middle East during the years 2001-2008, when the United States of America killed hundreds of thousands of people. > > > [@](#): > > > > Step two: Name something that could be erected at the site that should be acceptable, but strikes a nerve. > > I name a U.S. military base. > Is this an acceptably fun contribution to the game? No - step one asks for a deluded few and you’ve chosen the US, which, deluded as they may be, cannot be said to be few. But you’ve almost got it. A little specificity and some links that are both abhorrent and amusing may help, too. My suggestion along your lines would be a statue of a woman pointing at genitals in place of the toppled statue of Saddam. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/44 "2010-08-25T18:20:32Z")
No - step one asks for a deluded few and you’ve chosen the US, which, deluded as they may be, cannot be said to be few. But you’ve almost got it. A little specificity and some links that are both abhorrent and amusing may help, too. My suggestion along your lines would be a statue of a woman pointing at genitals in place of the toppled statue of Saddam. [/QUOTE] Oops, I almost forgot to take my own advice: > **[Political Humor](https://www.liveabout.com/political-humor-4687972)** > > Red or blue, young or old, stay up to date on what's happening in DC, without taking it too seriously. Enjoy the best jokes about our political process, current events, and leaders. > **[Abu Ghraib Inside Joke Lost On Rest Of World](https://www.theonion.com/abu-ghraib-inside-joke-lost-on-rest-of-world-1819587726)** > > The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source. ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/45 "2010-08-25T20:21:45Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > > [@jjimm](#): > > > > How about public exhibition of intolerance and bigotry in a country whose ground-breaking constitution codifies precisely the opposite? > > There’s this [thing](http://www.answers.com/topic/black-comedy) that describes what we’re doing…and it has nothing to do with intolerance, or bigotry. It’s a part of the human condition. But all subtlety is lost on the internet, and if something CAN offend, it will surely find the person it DOES offend. Yah, thats the ticket. How about for the joggers in the house -The Bataan 98k Run. ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/46 "2010-08-25T20:25:09Z")
> [@Engineer\_Dude](#): > > A Ryder truck rental location near the former Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. I was thinking of the McVey chem lab in the veteran training center in that building. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/47 "2010-08-25T20:37:35Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Pit. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/48 "2010-08-25T20:45:20Z")
[A Shinto Shrine at Pearl Harbor.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/40295335@N00/343736478/) [A mosque at the Pentagon.](http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/08/05/muslims_infiltrate_pentagon) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/49 "2010-08-25T20:47:14Z")
> [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > > > Islam had nothing to do with 9/11. > > You are no fun either, it is a game, not a debate. Then repost it in the fucking Game Room, dipshit. (Not to be a Junior Mod, or anything.) It’s a troll. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/50 "2010-08-25T20:49:48Z")
There is no “ground zero mosque.” ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/51 "2010-08-25T20:52:23Z")
> [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > Ideas as wise as ground zero mosque [The Bill of Rights.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights) ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/52 "2010-08-25T21:04:37Z")
How about flying a Confederate flag anywhere in the United States? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/53 "2010-08-25T21:06:29Z")
A comedy club at wherever the SDMB servers are. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/54 "2010-08-25T21:07:13Z")
A British flag flying on Independence Day? A fur coat store next to the animal shelter? ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/55 "2010-08-25T21:09:01Z")
An abstinence-only sex-ed school next to Sarah Palin’s house? ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/56 "2010-08-25T21:22:50Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > > > You are no fun either, it is a game, not a debate. > > Then repost it in the fucking Game Room, dipshit. > > (Not to be a Junior Mod, or anything.) > It’s a troll. Sorry for the error. But now it’s in the pit, so let 'er rip. ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/57 "2010-08-25T21:28:38Z")
For those who are treating this seriously, I would like to see an Islamic center at/near ground zero. It is not like they want an Arabic Dance studio- first lesson free " Dancing in the street while your enemy dies" ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/58 "2010-08-25T21:35:15Z")
The NewsCorp Integrity in Journalism Award. As to the OP, jokes have be plausible at some basic level, i.e. start with a normal premise that leads to an unexpected punchline. If your premise is stupid from the start (and the whole “ground zero mosque” hysteria is as thorough as stupidity gets, and in fact is getting well past tiresome at this point) then your intended punchline, no matter what it is, has no punch. ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/59 "2010-08-25T21:39:25Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > The NewsCorp Integrity in Journalism Award. > As to the OP, jokes have be plausible at some basic level, i.e. start with a normal premise that leads to an unexpected punchline. If your premise is stupid from the start (and the whole “ground zero mosque” hysteria is as thorough as stupidity gets, and in fact is getting well past tiresome at this point) then your intended punchline, no matter what it is, has no punch. Oh great, now I am a dipshit and my joke has a stupid premise. :eek: I was hoping the Dope would pull tragic gold from history and combine it with wonderfully witty inappropiateness. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/60 "2010-08-25T21:50:38Z")
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