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07-05-2009, 09:14 AM | #1 |
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| Thanks australia this is awesome Absolutely beautiful and well said... Written by an Australian Dentist To Kill an American You probably missed this in the rush of news, 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, Navajo, 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 Hindu, 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 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 ... 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. |
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07-05-2009, 09:20 AM | #2 |
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| just to clarify it wasn't an Aussie who wrote this. funny how things go round huh snopes.com: What Is An American? |
07-05-2009, 09:56 AM | #3 | |
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For me it doesn't matter who wrote this it still touched me as the truth that to be an American is not about the land you were born or the seal on a document but a state of mind... | |
07-05-2009, 11:50 AM | #4 |
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| Sure! I just like to give credit where credit is due. Had I written it, I wouldn't want some non existent dentist in Australia getting credit for it. |
07-07-2009, 10:57 PM | #5 |
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| Be Nice! Does it really matter who wrote this piece? The point being made was the MAIN issue. Why step on her toes as she was trying to make the point that all Americans have some blood from some other nation and therefore we are now all brothers and sisters under the skin. It is a state of mind. Read her words carefully. All for one and one for all. ONE NATION ABOVE ALL! Unknowingly, what you said was diminishing her kindness. I much prefer articles signed ANONYMOUS so there is no argument as to whom the authorship belongs. Some people do not need the pat on the back. P.S. I am changing my name to M. Anonymous so I get ALL the credit for everything anonymously written. See, I would not care that someone else received credit for something I may have written, I would be proud that someone saw fit to pass it off as something of his own. Remember, imitation it the sincerest form of flattery. May the force be with you. Remember now, be kind. Not picky!
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