The question on the previous day was:
Do you think a Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Quran in memory of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks is an advisable way to make his point?
A. Yes 77% B. No 23% (of 2,854 total replies)
I was so shocked by this that I contacted the Star-Advertiser editor and got this e-mail back immediately.
Yes, Kay, we checked to make sure we weren't being spammed, and it appears that that was the actual result.
Aloha,
Mark Coleman
Editorial staff
Then coincidentally, I got this following e-mail from my son, Jon's girlfriend.
Hi! Jon mentioned that you'd written a blog posting about the 9/11 controversies, and I thought you might be interested in this New York Times article:
I hope this gets widely read -- it reminded me of all the wonderful Muslims we came to know and love in Mali.
Hope everything is going well ....
Love, Sarah
Jon and Sarah were both volunteers with the Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa. I agree with Sarah; everybody should read this article, particularly those 77% who shamefully voted Yes.
Could 77% of the people in Hawaii actually have felt that the whole Muslim religion is at fault for 9-11 and that it is justifiable to burn their holy book? Do they really feel that this is an advisable way to promote peace? Perhaps they just want some sort of misguided justice? Did they read the question wrong? Could it be that it is a certain kind of population that would vote for such a stupid thing?
I know it was wrong of me, but as I walked around at different places in Hawaii today and smiled at all those friendly faces, I wondered...
I know I have met the enemy, as the comic strip character, Pogo said,and he is us.
