Happy holidays
: It probably shouldn’t have, but I have to say that seeing this billboard on I-78 on the way into work gave me a start. On the one hand, yeah, sure, it’s a sign of our multifaceted culture, our chunky stew, our steaming melting pot that we have a Ramadan billboard on the way to Newark airport. But then again, as unPC as this is to say, it is also a reminder that many who plotted the attacks on America live right here in New Jersey; the terrorists are our neighbors. Of course, I’m not saying that Muslims are terrorists. But terrorists are Muslims these days and they launched their attack on 9/11 only a stone’s throw from this billboard. And seeing this, I wondered what would happen if somebody put up a “Holy Easter” or “Blessed Passover” billboard in Baghdad or Riyad or Tehran or…. You get the idea. I suppose what I should do is look at this billboard and be thankful for living in this open, welcoming, tolerant, modern, protective, wise place and not in any of those….
