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I saw this on another site and liked it. I hope you all do also.
Written by an Australian Dentist...
To Kill an American or a Canadian
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 or Canadian, ANY
American or Canadian.
So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial
the following day to let everyone know what
an American or Canadian is, so they would know
when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)
An American or Canadian is English, or French,
or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish,
Russian or Greek, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian,
or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American may also be Canadian. A Canadian may also
be an American.
An American or Canadian may also be a Comanche,
Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache,
Seminole,Aleut, Inuit, Esquimau, Malemuit or one
of the many other tribes known as native
Americans or Canadians.
An American or Canadian is Christian, or he
could be Jewish, or Bhudist, or Muslim. In fact,
there are more Muslims in America or Canada than
in Afghanistan .
The only difference is that in America or Canada
they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
An American or Canadian 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 or Canadian 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" for America or
in Canada, "The Bill of Rights", which recognizes
the God given right of each person to the pursuit
of happiness.
An American or Canadian is generous. Americans
or Canadians have helped out just about every
other nation in the world in time of need,
never asking a thing in return.
When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army
20 years ago, Americans and Canadians 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 and Canadians 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 or Canadian
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 and Canadians 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 or a Canadian.
Written by an Australian Dentist...
To Kill an American or a Canadian
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 or Canadian, ANY
American or Canadian.
So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial
the following day to let everyone know what
an American or Canadian is, so they would know
when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)
An American or Canadian is English, or French,
or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish,
Russian or Greek, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian,
or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American may also be Canadian. A Canadian may also
be an American.
An American or Canadian may also be a Comanche,
Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache,
Seminole,Aleut, Inuit, Esquimau, Malemuit or one
of the many other tribes known as native
Americans or Canadians.
An American or Canadian is Christian, or he
could be Jewish, or Bhudist, or Muslim. In fact,
there are more Muslims in America or Canada than
in Afghanistan .
The only difference is that in America or Canada
they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
An American or Canadian 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 or Canadian 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" for America or
in Canada, "The Bill of Rights", which recognizes
the God given right of each person to the pursuit
of happiness.
An American or Canadian is generous. Americans
or Canadians have helped out just about every
other nation in the world in time of need,
never asking a thing in return.
When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army
20 years ago, Americans and Canadians 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 and Canadians 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 or Canadian
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 and Canadians 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 or a Canadian.
