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Date:         Fri, 8 May 2009 08:11:46 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday NVC: Thanks Australia
Comments: To: Hector Zapata <hlzapata@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <3f9f887a0905080339x1389e9fasef1d661c7e08e29a@mail.gmail.com>
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Please keep political content off this List - this isn't appropriate Fryedaye material, really its not.

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Hector Zapata <hlzapata@gmail.com> wrote:

> *Written by an Australian Dentist * > > *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 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...* > *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. ** > ** **** > > ******************************* >

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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