I'm Just Sayin'

Not too long ago, there was some great hue and cry on both sides of the argument about where the trial for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed should be held. The potential cost for all the necessary security was one of the reasons that was given to move the proceedings anywhere else, but there were many who felt that justice might best be served at Ground Zero.
To that end, imagine what thoughts must be going around Faisal Shahzad's head as he waits for his case to unravel. Mister Shahzad is the man accused of attempting to firebomb Times Square with an explosive-laden SUV last Saturday. He was on board a Dubai-bound flight at Kennedy Airport when FBI agents and New York Police Department detectives took him into custody late Monday. Though he claimed to have acted alone, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility over the weekend, and investigators will follow every lead to determine any connection to known terrorist groups.
In the meantime, Faisal Shahzad sits in a jail cell awaiting justice in a city that is hungry for catharsis. I recalled a story I heard from a Holocaust survivor who, when asked what he would do if he ever had a chance for vengeance against Adolf Hitler. He said that he would build him a house in the middle of Israel, made of glass. That way, every morning when he woke up and every night before he went to bed he could see that he and his "final solution" were failures. That's why I believe that we should build a federal courthouse adjacent to Ground Zero, where life continues. I'm just sayin'.