dcd_enterprises
11-06-2007, 09:36 PM
> 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 an editorial the following day to let
> everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found
> one. (Good one, 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,
> too.
> 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 an editorial the following day to let
> everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found
> one. (Good one, 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,
> too.