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Might be a repost but it deserves a second showing...
An Australian definition of a Canadian or American
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 Afghanistan 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. An American may also be
Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian,
Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American or Canadian may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Cree, Osage,
Ojibwa, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other
tribes known as native Americans or Canadians. A Canadian could also be
an American.
An American or Canadian is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or
Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America or Canada than in
Afghanistan . The only difference is that in America 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 (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 their 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 themselves and 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...
An Australian definition of a Canadian or American
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 Afghanistan 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. An American may also be
Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian,
Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American or Canadian may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Cree, Osage,
Ojibwa, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other
tribes known as native Americans or Canadians. A Canadian could also be
an American.
An American or Canadian is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or
Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America or Canada than in
Afghanistan . The only difference is that in America 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 (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 their 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 themselves and 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...
