Secret aj man
12-08-2006, 05:22
i saw this on another forum.
i think it was written by an american,not the aussie dentist.
it does make an interesting point though.
that the fundie islamo nuts kill their own trying to kill us..for what?
i understand they have grievances against the u.s gov,but surely they cant hate an arab working in the towers when it fell,unless they are hell bent on everyone conforming to their pov or they are fair game...not really addressing a political grievance now is it...just plain murder to further the cause they want.
strict adherence to sharia law(the fun stuff like the taliban wanted)
which kinda blows the argument out of the water(no pun intended)that it is about the u.s. or the brits or the french exploiting them in the past or present..not political or about culture,but really about religion.
sooo,as far as i am concerned..blow me up if your pissed at me cause of my gov..at least i can get my head around that..but over some archaic religous ideal of holding down women(so they can control them)and barbaric practices long ago tossed into the ashbin of civilized society...your crazy to even sympathise.
this is about religion....and religous attitudes only(at least thats how they sell it to the uneducated idealist suicide bomber)
jeez...and the world hates america cause we are supposedly all white christian fundies..lol
the following article(source unknown)is pretty accurate,omitting the fact(with the bit about the statue of liberty) that we are not so welcoming to immigrants now,like we use to be..but then mass homicide and being over run and used, tends to make one a tad defensive.
thought it might make an interesting article to debate..i agree with some,and disagree with some...but then again,i am not on either divide...firmly falling thru the gulf between the 2 opposing attitudes.
please dont read anything into my comments other then my utter disdain for religous nuts....and enjoy the article...
REWARD! Kill an American
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Don't know the validity of this one but it was a pretty good read.
Written by an Australian Dentist....and too good to delete....
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 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 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.
i think it was written by an american,not the aussie dentist.
it does make an interesting point though.
that the fundie islamo nuts kill their own trying to kill us..for what?
i understand they have grievances against the u.s gov,but surely they cant hate an arab working in the towers when it fell,unless they are hell bent on everyone conforming to their pov or they are fair game...not really addressing a political grievance now is it...just plain murder to further the cause they want.
strict adherence to sharia law(the fun stuff like the taliban wanted)
which kinda blows the argument out of the water(no pun intended)that it is about the u.s. or the brits or the french exploiting them in the past or present..not political or about culture,but really about religion.
sooo,as far as i am concerned..blow me up if your pissed at me cause of my gov..at least i can get my head around that..but over some archaic religous ideal of holding down women(so they can control them)and barbaric practices long ago tossed into the ashbin of civilized society...your crazy to even sympathise.
this is about religion....and religous attitudes only(at least thats how they sell it to the uneducated idealist suicide bomber)
jeez...and the world hates america cause we are supposedly all white christian fundies..lol
the following article(source unknown)is pretty accurate,omitting the fact(with the bit about the statue of liberty) that we are not so welcoming to immigrants now,like we use to be..but then mass homicide and being over run and used, tends to make one a tad defensive.
thought it might make an interesting article to debate..i agree with some,and disagree with some...but then again,i am not on either divide...firmly falling thru the gulf between the 2 opposing attitudes.
please dont read anything into my comments other then my utter disdain for religous nuts....and enjoy the article...
REWARD! Kill an American
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Don't know the validity of this one but it was a pretty good read.
Written by an Australian Dentist....and too good to delete....
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 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 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.