At 05:10 17/09/01 -0400, puzerewski wrote: >My thoughts on the title, wither you are an American or not. Ask Colin >Powell what he is (people have) he does not reply Afro-American.....he says >American. .... and there's nothing wrong with that. >Either you are an American or an Afghan. Maybe an American with Afghan >heritage. EVERYONE that lives in America is from a family that immigrated So what are you suggesting? That the unnamed Afghan-American gives up his heretage and agrees to bomb his fellow decendents, those, that is, who were maybe not as fortunate as him, who did not have the opportunity to make a new life in a new country? We've had this discussion in the UK - the famous Norman Tebitt blunder: the test of your nationality depends whether you support England or Pakistan in the Test. (I'll elaborate if you wish). Needless to say, he got slated - and rightly so! Please! Tim(H) |
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