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	=="Declaration of Victory"==		=="Declaration of Victory"==
−	Many critics of the mosque's planned construction worry that the placement of a mosque so close to the site of an Islamic terrorist attack is tantamount to allowing a declaration of victory by al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations that supported the 9/11 attacks. This became more and more evident when government of New York City offered the Islamic group the option to build elsewhere in the city, at reduced cost, which the group quickly refused.<ref name="foxnews">[~~http~~://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/11/ny-governor-offer-state-property-mosque-built-farther-away-ground-zero/ Offer Rejected to Move Mosque Away From Ground Zero]</ref> Also telling was the original proposed name of "Cordoba House," Córdoba being a former Roman city conquered by Muslims in 711 AD. Moorish troops destroyed much of the city and built numerous mosques. The city became a hugely important site in the early Islamic movement.<ref>http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/cordoba-history.htm</ref> In one concession to decency, the Park51 organizers agreed to drop the reference to Muslim conquest and rename the project.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/14/2010-07-14_new_name_doesnt_mosque_their_ire_tense_hearing_on_park51_near_ground_zero.html</ref>	+	Many critics of the mosque's planned construction worry that the placement of a mosque so close to the site of an Islamic terrorist attack is tantamount to allowing a declaration of victory by al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations that supported the 9/11 attacks. This became more and more evident when government of New York City offered the Islamic group the option to build elsewhere in the city, at reduced cost, which the group quickly refused.<ref name="foxnews">[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/11/ny-governor-offer-state-property-mosque-built-farther-away-ground-zero/ Offer Rejected to Move Mosque Away From Ground Zero]</ref> Also telling was the original proposed name of "Cordoba House," Córdoba being a former Roman city conquered by Muslims in 711 AD. Moorish troops destroyed much of the city and built numerous mosques. The city became a hugely important site in the early Islamic movement.<ref>http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/cordoba-history.htm</ref> In one concession to decency, the Park51 organizers agreed to drop the reference to Muslim conquest and rename the project.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/14/2010-07-14_new_name_doesnt_mosque_their_ire_tense_hearing_on_park51_near_ground_zero.html</ref>

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 [[File:Ground Zero Mosque1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Proposed location of Cordoba House (or "Park51") on Park Place, lower Manhattan, New York City.]]
-The '''"Ground Zero Mosque"''' controversy concerns the proposed construction of an Islamic cultural center containing a [[mosque]], two or three blocks from the wreckage of the former [[World Trade Center]], which fanatic [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s destroyed on [[9/11]], killing almost 3,000 people.<ref name="dailymail1">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1303463/Obama-backtracks-Ground-Zero-mosque.html Obama backtracks on Ground Zero Mosque]</ref> The plans for the building, originally dubbed "Cordoba House" (but changed to "Park51"), are a collaboration between the [[Cordoba Initiative]] and the [[American Society for Muslim Advancement]] (ASMA), a Muslim organization created in 1997<ref>[http://www.asmasociety.org/home/ ASMA]</ref> to promote "integration and tolerance based on Islamic values of compassion."<ref name="aol">[http://www.aolnews.com/article/ground-zero-mosque-rebuttal-the-9-11-christian-center/19556400 Ground Zero Mosque Rebuttal]</ref> The vast majority of Americans oppose the plan as "insensitive" to the families of the 9/11 victims.<ref>According to a [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011799,00.html TIME magazine poll] from August 2010</ref>
+The '''"Ground Zero Mosque"''' controversy concerns the proposed construction of an Islamic cultural center containing a [[mosque]], two or three blocks from the wreckage of the former [[World Trade Center]], which fanatic [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s destroyed on [[9/11]], killing almost 3,000 people.<ref name="dailymail1">[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1303463/Obama-backtracks-Ground-Zero-mosque.html Obama backtracks on Ground Zero Mosque]</ref> The plans for the building, originally dubbed "Cordoba House" (but changed to "Park51"), are a collaboration between the [[Cordoba Initiative]] and the [[American Society for Muslim Advancement]] (ASMA), a Muslim organization created in 1997<ref>[http://www.asmasociety.org/home/ ASMA]</ref> to promote "integration and tolerance based on Islamic values of compassion."<ref name="aol">[http://www.aolnews.com/article/ground-zero-mosque-rebuttal-the-9-11-christian-center/19556400 Ground Zero Mosque Rebuttal]</ref> The vast majority of Americans oppose the plan as "insensitive" to the families of the 9/11 victims.<ref>According to a [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011799,00.html TIME magazine poll] from August 2010</ref>
 Although the backers of the construction project have no connection with al-Qaeda terrorists, opposition to the project generally equates letting it proceed with as supporting terrorism, even if only in an indirect way.

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 ==Public Criticism==
-[[Sarah Palin]] stated that "to build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks."<ref name="post">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081705860.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 An Intolerable Mistake on Hallowed Ground]</ref> Former [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] [[Newt Gingrich]] compared the mosque's construction to placing a [[swastika]] next to the [[Holocaust]] Museum in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="post" /> Bill Keller, a born-again [[Christian]] and preacher, has stated that because the mosque is "a spit in the face of the people of [[New York City|New York]]," he plans to build a $1 million Christian center near the World Trade Center as well.<ref name="aol" />
+[[Sarah Palin]] stated that "to build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks."<ref name="post">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081705860.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post]</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 An Intolerable Mistake on Hallowed Ground]</ref> Former [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] [[Newt Gingrich]] compared the mosque's construction to placing a [[swastika]] next to the [[Holocaust]] Museum in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="post" /> Bill Keller, a born-again [[Christian]] and preacher, has stated that because the mosque is "a spit in the face of the people of [[New York City|New York]]," he plans to build a $1 million Christian center near the World Trade Center as well.<ref name="aol" />
 [[Dick Morris]] summed up the heart of the matter quite succinctly:
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 Sarah Palin's Facebook page attributes to Imam [[Faisal Abdul Rauf]] the following quote:
-* "United States’ policies were an accessory to the crime that happened."<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 Sarah Palin's Facebook Page]</ref>
+* "United States’ policies were an accessory to the crime that happened."<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 Sarah Palin's Facebook Page]</ref>
 Faisal's website says that he was misquoted:

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	=="Declaration of Victory"==		=="Declaration of Victory"==
−	Many critics of the mosque's planned construction worry that the placement of a mosque so close to the site of an Islamic terrorist attack is tantamount to allowing a declaration of victory by al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations that supported the 9/11 attacks. This became more and more evident when government of New York City offered the Islamic group the option to build elsewhere in the city, at reduced cost, which the group quickly refused.<ref name="foxnews">[~~https~~://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/11/ny-governor-offer-state-property-mosque-built-farther-away-ground-zero/ Offer Rejected to Move Mosque Away From Ground Zero]</ref> Also telling was the original proposed name of "Cordoba House," Córdoba being a former Roman city conquered by Muslims in 711 AD. Moorish troops destroyed much of the city and built numerous mosques. The city became a hugely important site in the early Islamic movement.<ref>http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/cordoba-history.htm</ref> In one concession to decency, the Park51 organizers agreed to drop the reference to Muslim conquest and rename the project.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/14/2010-07-14_new_name_doesnt_mosque_their_ire_tense_hearing_on_park51_near_ground_zero.html</ref>	+	Many critics of the mosque's planned construction worry that the placement of a mosque so close to the site of an Islamic terrorist attack is tantamount to allowing a declaration of victory by al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations that supported the 9/11 attacks. This became more and more evident when government of New York City offered the Islamic group the option to build elsewhere in the city, at reduced cost, which the group quickly refused.<ref name="foxnews">[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/11/ny-governor-offer-state-property-mosque-built-farther-away-ground-zero/ Offer Rejected to Move Mosque Away From Ground Zero]</ref> Also telling was the original proposed name of "Cordoba House," Córdoba being a former Roman city conquered by Muslims in 711 AD. Moorish troops destroyed much of the city and built numerous mosques. The city became a hugely important site in the early Islamic movement.<ref>http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/cordoba-history.htm</ref> In one concession to decency, the Park51 organizers agreed to drop the reference to Muslim conquest and rename the project.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/14/2010-07-14_new_name_doesnt_mosque_their_ire_tense_hearing_on_park51_near_ground_zero.html</ref>

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 ==Public Criticism==
-[[Sarah Palin]] stated that "to build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks."<ref name="post">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081705860.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 An Intolerable Mistake on Hallowed Ground]</ref> Former [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] [[Newt Gingrich]] compared the mosque's construction to placing a [[swastika]] next to the [[Holocaust]] Museum in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="post" /> Bill Keller, a born-again [[Christian]] and preacher, has stated that because the mosque is "a spit in the face of the people of [[New York City|New York]]," he plans to build a $1 million Christian center near the World Trade Center as well.<ref name="aol" />
+[[Sarah Palin]] stated that "to build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks."<ref name="post">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081705860.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 An Intolerable Mistake on Hallowed Ground]</ref> Former [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] [[Newt Gingrich]] compared the mosque's construction to placing a [[swastika]] next to the [[Holocaust]] Museum in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="post" /> Bill Keller, a born-again [[Christian]] and preacher, has stated that because the mosque is "a spit in the face of the people of [[New York City|New York]]," he plans to build a $1 million Christian center near the World Trade Center as well.<ref name="aol" />
 [[Dick Morris]] summed up the heart of the matter quite succinctly:

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	=="Declaration of Victory"==		=="Declaration of Victory"==
−	Many critics of the mosque's planned construction worry that the placement of a mosque so close to the site of an Islamic terrorist attack is tantamount to allowing a declaration of victory by al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations that supported the 9/11 attacks. This became more and more evident when government of New York City offered the Islamic group the option to build elsewhere in the city, at reduced cost, which the group quickly refused.<ref name="foxnews">[~~http~~://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/11/ny-governor-offer-state-property-mosque-built-farther-away-ground-zero/ Offer Rejected to Move Mosque Away From Ground Zero]</ref> Also telling was the original proposed name of "Cordoba House," Córdoba being a former Roman city conquered by Muslims in 711 AD. Moorish troops destroyed much of the city and built numerous mosques. The city became a hugely important site in the early Islamic movement.<ref>http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/cordoba-history.htm</ref> In one concession to decency, the Park51 organizers agreed to drop the reference to Muslim conquest and rename the project.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/14/2010-07-14_new_name_doesnt_mosque_their_ire_tense_hearing_on_park51_near_ground_zero.html</ref>	+	Many critics of the mosque's planned construction worry that the placement of a mosque so close to the site of an Islamic terrorist attack is tantamount to allowing a declaration of victory by al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations that supported the 9/11 attacks. This became more and more evident when government of New York City offered the Islamic group the option to build elsewhere in the city, at reduced cost, which the group quickly refused.<ref name="foxnews">[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/11/ny-governor-offer-state-property-mosque-built-farther-away-ground-zero/ Offer Rejected to Move Mosque Away From Ground Zero]</ref> Also telling was the original proposed name of "Cordoba House," Córdoba being a former Roman city conquered by Muslims in 711 AD. Moorish troops destroyed much of the city and built numerous mosques. The city became a hugely important site in the early Islamic movement.<ref>http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/cordoba-history.htm</ref> In one concession to decency, the Park51 organizers agreed to drop the reference to Muslim conquest and rename the project.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/14/2010-07-14_new_name_doesnt_mosque_their_ire_tense_hearing_on_park51_near_ground_zero.html</ref>

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 [[File:Ground Zero Mosque1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Proposed location of Cordoba House (or "Park51") on Park Place, lower Manhattan, New York City.]]
-The '''"Ground Zero Mosque"''' controversy concerns the proposed construction of an Islamic cultural center containing a [[mosque]], two or three blocks from the wreckage of the former [[World Trade Center]], which fanatic [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s destroyed on [[9/11]], killing almost 3,000 people.<ref name="dailymail1">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1303463/Obama-backtracks-Ground-Zero-mosque.html Obama backtracks on Ground Zero Mosque]</ref> The plans for the building, originally dubbed "Cordoba House" (but changed to "Park51"), are a collaboration between the [[Cordoba Initiative]] and the [[American Society for Muslim Advancement]] (ASMA), a Muslim organization created in 1997<ref> [http://www.asmasociety.org/home/ ASMA]</ref> to promote "integration and tolerance based on Islamic values of compassion."<ref name="aol">[http://www.aolnews.com/article/ground-zero-mosque-rebuttal-the-9-11-christian-center/19556400 Ground Zero Mosque Rebuttal]</ref> The vast majority of Americans oppose the plan as "insensitive" to the families of the 9/11 victims.<ref>According to a [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011799,00.html TIME magazine poll] from August 2010</ref>
+The '''"Ground Zero Mosque"''' controversy concerns the proposed construction of an Islamic cultural center containing a [[mosque]], two or three blocks from the wreckage of the former [[World Trade Center]], which fanatic [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s destroyed on [[9/11]], killing almost 3,000 people.<ref name="dailymail1">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1303463/Obama-backtracks-Ground-Zero-mosque.html Obama backtracks on Ground Zero Mosque]</ref> The plans for the building, originally dubbed "Cordoba House" (but changed to "Park51"), are a collaboration between the [[Cordoba Initiative]] and the [[American Society for Muslim Advancement]] (ASMA), a Muslim organization created in 1997<ref>[http://www.asmasociety.org/home/ ASMA]</ref> to promote "integration and tolerance based on Islamic values of compassion."<ref name="aol">[http://www.aolnews.com/article/ground-zero-mosque-rebuttal-the-9-11-christian-center/19556400 Ground Zero Mosque Rebuttal]</ref> The vast majority of Americans oppose the plan as "insensitive" to the families of the 9/11 victims.<ref>According to a [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011799,00.html TIME magazine poll] from August 2010</ref>
 Although the backers of the construction project have no connection with al-Qaeda terrorists, opposition to the project generally equates letting it proceed with as supporting terrorism, even if only in an indirect way.
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 ==Public Criticism==
-[[Sarah Palin]] stated that "to build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks."<ref name="post">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081705860.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 An Intolerable Mistake on Hallowed Ground]</ref> Former [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] [[Newt Gingrich]] compared the mosque's construction to placing a [[swastika]] next to the [[Holocaust]] Museum in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="post"></ref> Bill Keller, a born-again [[Christian]] and preacher, has stated that because the mosque is "a spit in the face of the people of [[New York City|New York]]," he plans to build a $1 million Christian center near the World Trade Center as well.<ref name="aol"></ref>
+[[Sarah Palin]] stated that "to build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks."<ref name="post">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081705860.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 An Intolerable Mistake on Hallowed Ground]</ref> Former [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] [[Newt Gingrich]] compared the mosque's construction to placing a [[swastika]] next to the [[Holocaust]] Museum in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="post" /> Bill Keller, a born-again [[Christian]] and preacher, has stated that because the mosque is "a spit in the face of the people of [[New York City|New York]]," he plans to build a $1 million Christian center near the World Trade Center as well.<ref name="aol" />
 [[Dick Morris]] summed up the heart of the matter quite succinctly:
-{{cquote|'''The proposed mosque near to ground zero is not really a religious institution. It would be — as many mosques throughout the nation are — a terrorist recruitment, indoctrination and training center. ''It is not the worship of [[Islam]] that is the problem.'' It is the efforts to advance [[Sharia Law]] with its requirement of [[Jihad]] and violence that is the nub of the issue. <ref>[http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/ground-zero-mosque-the-real-issue/ Dick Morris; GROUND ZERO MOSQUE: THE REAL ISSUE</ref>}}
+{{cquote|'''The proposed mosque near to ground zero is not really a religious institution. It would be — as many mosques throughout the nation are — a terrorist recruitment, indoctrination and training center. ''It is not the worship of [[Islam]] that is the problem.'' It is the efforts to advance [[Sharia Law]] with its requirement of [[Jihad]] and violence that is the nub of the issue.<ref>[http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/ground-zero-mosque-the-real-issue/ Dick Morris; GROUND ZERO MOSQUE: THE REAL ISSUE]</ref>}}
 ==Obama's Support==
 Despite overwhelming public opposition to the mosque's construction, President Obama, at a White House dinner held to mark the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, stated that Muslims have
-"the right to build a place of worship and a community center" near the site of the attacks. Through his comments, Obama, purposefully or not, aligned himself with Islamic terrorist associations like Hamas, which continually argue that Muslims "have to build everywhere"<ref name="dailymail1"></ref> in an attempt to draw more converts.
+"the right to build a place of worship and a community center" near the site of the attacks. Through his comments, Obama, purposefully or not, aligned himself with Islamic terrorist associations like Hamas, which continually argue that Muslims "have to build everywhere"<ref name="dailymail1" /> in an attempt to draw more converts.
-Faced with an intense popular backlash, Obama backtracked from his comments the next day and stated that "I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there."<ref name="dailymail1"></ref> The White House, however, steadfastly maintains that he was not backing away from his comments, but rather clarifying them.
+Faced with an intense popular backlash, Obama backtracked from his comments the next day and stated that "I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there."<ref name="dailymail1" /> The White House, however, steadfastly maintains that he was not backing away from his comments, but rather clarifying them.
 Obama said:
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 <blockquote>'''Radical Jews have never bombed the West side of Manhattan nor killed 3000 Americans in the name of Judaism''' (their emphasis).<ref name="jihadwatch">[http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/08/islamic-supremacist-mega-mosque-like-skokie-nazi-march-legal-but-hurtful.html Islamic Supremacist Mosque]</ref></blockquote>
-Other supporters compared the Muslim plans to construct a mosque to the demand by the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist Party of America]] (NSPA) to march through the village of Skokie, Illinois (home to many [[Holocaust]] survivors), in 1977. Despite the controversial nature of the march and overwhelming public opposition to it, the Supreme Court agreed with the ACLU's defense of the NSPA that their actions were covered by the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech. These supporters, however, fail to note several key differences between these two situations:<ref name="jihadwatch"></ref>
+Other supporters compared the Muslim plans to construct a mosque to the demand by the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist Party of America]] (NSPA) to march through the village of Skokie, Illinois (home to many [[Holocaust]] survivors), in 1977. Despite the controversial nature of the march and overwhelming public opposition to it, the Supreme Court agreed with the ACLU's defense of the NSPA that their actions were covered by the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech. These supporters, however, fail to note several key differences between these two situations:<ref name="jihadwatch" />
 *The NSPA's planned march was nothing more than a "disgusting publicity stunt" and a ''temporary'' action (a small group march for the city's center). This stands in sharp contrast to the ''construction'' of a mosque, a far more permanent and imposing structure.
 *Although the First Amendment does protect many examples of free speech, the Supreme Court decided in ''Roth v United States'' that standards could be applied to obscenity or otherwise ruthlessly inflammatory speech. Some could argue, as many of the 9/11 families have done, that the construction of a mosque near the former World Trade Center would constitute exactly this type of "speech."
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 Sarah Palin's Facebook page attributes to Imam [[Faisal Abdul Rauf]] the following quote:
-* "United States’ policies were an accessory to the crime that happened."<ref> [http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 Sarah Palin's Facebook Page]</ref>
+* "United States’ policies were an accessory to the crime that happened."<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 Sarah Palin's Facebook Page]</ref>
 Faisal's website says that he was misquoted:

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 Although the backers of the construction project have no connection with al-Qaeda terrorists, opposition to the project generally equates letting it proceed with as supporting terrorism, even if only in an indirect way.
-anuslicking ballsacktouching
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 ==Public Criticism==

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