Do you think it's ok to build a Japanese sushi bar 2 blocks from Pearl Harbor?

I had to laugh when I saw this Qu.

I flew over Pearl harbour recently and upon landing at Honolulu Airport we were bussed to the immigration building for entry to USA.

As there were so many of us at one time . .the escalators to the lower levels were all turned to the down position and all 4 stairs were carrying the load.

As I stepped on . .I looked to my left and saw 5 JAL planes (747's) and next to me on those escalators were 9-10 beautifully uniformed, immaculate and sparkly Japanese pilots from those planes.

The irony of it made some of us smile . . . and it reinforced my personal resolve to never hate any enemy so much . . because in 2 decades he could be your pilot. LOL.

I wouldn't give that Sushi bar any of my business if I were a tourist visiting Hawaii, and I wouldn't really appreciate that it was there. Because I would know that some people still around lost their relatives in Pearl Harbor and have never fully recovered from that loss. I also wouldn't mind seeing the restaurant go bankrupt because they didn't get business from myself and other people who felt the same way.

At the same time, I wouldn't support the government arbitrarily deciding that first amendment rights don't apply, and an expression of Japanese culture would not be allowed in that location. If existing zoning laws prohibited any type of restaurant from the location for unrelated reasons it would be okay to ban the restaurant there, but singling the restaurant out because of its cultural identity would not be acceptable.

The way I see it, if you don't support the first amendment in every case and for everyone, you don't believe in it at all.

Sushi bars are not used as symbols of conquest, mosques are. Islam is as much a political ideology as it is a religion. Building a mosque on an area they have destroyed is a declaration of victory. Politically as an American, that is not acceptable to me. If the intent was purely religious, they would have been sensitive to the feelings of the families of those who died there and agreed to build the mosque in another location. That location is important only as a victory memorial.

Okay I have to admit this one made me lol hard.

If this were a real situation, not only would it be appropriate due to the sea area but it'd be beneficial because everyone needs some food.

Yes, and it's ok to build a German Chemical Plant next to the holocaust museum.

What about a Catholic church anywhere near any of the numerous sites the IRA bombed in England?

What about anything even remotely American in Hiroshima?

Yes.

There's a shinto shrine on the highway that leads to Pearl Harbour.

If you feel you haven't adequately made a public fool of yourself, please feel free to try again...

Why not? I hope they offer other foods beside sushi though. :P

Yum!