# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/121 "2010-08-26T23:31:15Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Youi’re deep. If you go jump in the lake, youi’ll be deeper. And if you go fuck yourself, youi’ll probably be the best you ever had. [Moderating] Telling other posters to go fuck themselves, even conditionally, is against the rules. Please refrain from doing this again. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/122 "2010-08-26T23:31:32Z")
I just remembered a real life example. Apparently, they sell fried fish at Sea World. I have the strong urge to go there and ask if that was Shamu’s dumber cousin who wasn’t able to learn any tricks 😃 On that same vein, a cockfighting arena run by KFC ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/123 "2010-08-26T23:50:09Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I just remembered a real life example. Apparently, they sell fried fish at Sea World. I have the strong urge to go there and ask if that was Shamu’s dumber cousin who wasn’t able to learn any tricks 😃 > > On that same vein, a cockfighting arena run by KFC How about a cockfighting arena in Tijuana directly across the border from a Gay Bar. or an abortion clinic across from a Babies R Us ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/124 "2010-08-26T23:53:27Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Bill Maher as director of Human Resources I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/125 "2010-08-27T00:46:00Z")
A donkey show across the street from Karl Rove’s house. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/126 "2010-08-27T00:50:42Z")
Lost Weekend Gin, with a picture of Ray Milland on the label. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/127 "2010-08-27T00:52:33Z")
Hannibal Lecter’s Facebook page ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/128 "2010-08-27T01:04:03Z")
Glenn Beck holding a rally to “reclaim” the civil rights movement on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of MLK’s famous speech? Nah, too far-fetched. ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/129 "2010-08-27T01:41:40Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I know he’s been dead for over 30 years but I still don’t think it’s a good idea to grind up Zero Mostel. I can’t let this slip by, good one.. It got me thinking, grind up Shaft and you have ground round (tree) ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/130 "2010-08-27T02:29:31Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Hannibal Lecter’s Facebook page LOL really did! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/131 "2010-08-27T03:51:01Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > > [@YogSosoth](#): > > > > Bill Maher as director of Human Resources > > I don’t get it. He used to host a show called Politically Incorrect, which I suppose is what the opposite of how a typical HR department works. Kind of a stretch, I know :o ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/132 "2010-08-27T09:47:09Z")
I used to threaten to send my kids to the Marybeth Tinning Memorial Daycare Center. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/133 "2010-08-27T14:22:15Z")
> [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > Its called artistic license, I know the facts Then next time phrase your hypotheticals better. “Ideas as wise as \*a \*ground zero mosque _would be_.” ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/134 "2010-08-27T14:40:12Z")
Or run it past legal? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/135 "2010-08-27T14:50:14Z")
Hey, if someone wants to phrase something in such a way that they look like an ignorant bigot, they shouldn’t complain about the resulting pile-on. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/136 "2010-08-27T22:27:27Z")
Saw the following on Facebook and thought of this thread: > [@](#): > > Six Mexican restaurants within two blocks of the Alamo? Patriotic Texans, please refudiate! ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/137 "2010-08-27T22:50:55Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Hey, if someone wants to phrase something in such a way that they look like an ignorant bigot, they shouldn’t complain about the resulting pile-on. What post of mine did you think was a complaint? I like the abuse, the more you suffer, the more you really care, right? And FTR I am ignorant, of so many things, in so many subjects. But I am working on it. So, am I still a retard? You never answered. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/138 "2010-08-27T23:05:09Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Hey, if someone wants to phrase something in such a way that they look like an ignorant bigot, they shouldn’t complain about the resulting pile-on. Or, you know, phrase anything any way you want, because SOMEONE at the SDMB will be offended. It’s part of what gives this place it’s charm. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/139 "2010-08-28T01:11:11Z")
Move _Burning Man_ to Waco, TX. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349/140 "2010-08-28T05:46:25Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > > Hey, if someone wants to phrase something in such a way that they look like an ignorant bigot, they shouldn’t complain about the resulting pile-on. > > Or, you know, phrase anything any way you want, because SOMEONE at the SDMB will be offended. It’s part of what gives this place it’s charm. Hey, I love **Shot From Guns** but I gotta admit… you got a point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349.md?page=8)