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Titolo: [OT] To kill an American

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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 one 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 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 is from 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 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. When Afghanistan was
overrun 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, the best products, the best books, the best
music, the best food, the best athletes. 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. I've been
told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 other
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 every bloodthirsty
tyrant in the history of 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.
Pass this around the World
-- 
Brina 
"La coscienza è la voce interiore che 
ci avverte che qualcuno potrebbe vederci"

 holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
un filo presuntuoso, imho.
ciao
-- 
sarah
"... convertir en un fuego el vivir cotidiano"
(Ernesto Guevara de la Serna también conocido como El Che"


Bello, bello.
La presunzione è un'altra cosa.
Gaia

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... and don't forget that George W. Bush didn't read this!
--
Wuff
Le Bestioline (non puntate)
www.millenniumdogs.net

Bello! Peccato che probabilmente un pakistano diventato cittadino
americano e' solo un fratello diventato nemico. Lo scontro purtroppo
e' culturale, non certo etnico. :o\\\
Ciao,
   etha

 Ricevuto oggi in mail, mi č piaciuto e ve lo inoltro :)
Ti dico la verita', leggendo questa cosa mi sono sentita molto vicina ai
Pakistani.
Maharet