AMERICAN

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:21 pm

From my wifes email, something to think about...
>
> Written by an Australian Dentist...and too good to delete....
>
>
> 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,
> 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 wo rld 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 theTwin 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
"I am a real American."- Rick Derringer
Right on!!
yngwie308

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:52 pm

Well said!

I still think Afghanistan should be a LAKE

marshman · Post by **marshman** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:38 am

I hate to piss on anyones' parade, but this is a bit of a fabrication...Well, it's a real, actual piece, but it was written, it seems, by an American Professor, not an Australian Dentist, as claimed.

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/america2.htm

Maschinenmann · Post by **Maschinenmann** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:54 am

Doesn't matter in the least, the basic premise is true.