darth tang
Active Member
> >> To Kill an American
> >> You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was
> >> actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a
> >> newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American,
> >> any American.
> >> So an Australian dentist wrote the following to let everyone know
> >> what an American is ... so they would know when they found one.
> >> (Good on ya, mate!!!!)
> >> An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German,
> >> Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek.
> >> An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian,
> >> Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or
> >> Pakistani, or Afghan.
> >> An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot,
> >> Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as
> >> native Americans.
> >> An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or
> >> Muslim.
> >> In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The
> >> only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each
> >> of them chooses.
> >> An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he
> >> will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs
> >> claiming to speak for the government and for God.
> >> An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the
> >> world.
> >> The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of
> >> Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person
> >> to the pursuit of happiness.
> >> An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every
> >> other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a
> >> thing in return.
> >> When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago,
> >> Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win
> >> back their country!
> >> As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than
> >> any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
> >> Americans welcome the best of everything ? the best products, the
> >> best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But
> >> they also welcome the least.
> >> The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes
> >> your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming
> >> shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people
> >> who built America.
> >> Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of
> >> September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's
> >> been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least
> >> 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including
> >> those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
> >> So you can try to kill an American if you must.
> >> Hitler did.
> >> So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other
> >> blood-thirsty tyrants in the world.
> >> But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because
> >> Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They
> >> are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who
> >> holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
> >> You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was
> >> actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a
> >> newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American,
> >> any American.
> >> So an Australian dentist wrote the following to let everyone know
> >> what an American is ... so they would know when they found one.
> >> (Good on ya, mate!!!!)
> >> An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German,
> >> Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek.
> >> An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian,
> >> Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or
> >> Pakistani, or Afghan.
> >> An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot,
> >> Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as
> >> native Americans.
> >> An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or
> >> Muslim.
> >> In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The
> >> only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each
> >> of them chooses.
> >> An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he
> >> will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs
> >> claiming to speak for the government and for God.
> >> An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the
> >> world.
> >> The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of
> >> Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person
> >> to the pursuit of happiness.
> >> An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every
> >> other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a
> >> thing in return.
> >> When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago,
> >> Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win
> >> back their country!
> >> As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than
> >> any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
> >> Americans welcome the best of everything ? the best products, the
> >> best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But
> >> they also welcome the least.
> >> The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes
> >> your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming
> >> shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people
> >> who built America.
> >> Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of
> >> September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's
> >> been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least
> >> 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including
> >> those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
> >> So you can try to kill an American if you must.
> >> Hitler did.
> >> So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other
> >> blood-thirsty tyrants in the world.
> >> But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because
> >> Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They
> >> are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who
> >> holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
