[Rhodes22-list] To Kill an American

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--- On Wed, 12/3/08, Caesar Paul <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Caesar Paul <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] To Kill an American
To: "Rhodes List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 1:42 PM

Hi Guys,
 
One of my contacts sent this to me, and I thought many of you might enjoy it.
 
Caesar 




  










  





                                                   
  

Written by an Australian Dentist....too good to delete.... 

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 . 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 part icular place. They are the embodiment of
the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is
an American. 


Please keep this going!
Pass this around the World . 
Then pass it around again. 
It says it all, for all of us 
Please do not just delete. 
Pass it on first.




 
  
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