Kill an american

You guys probably missed it in the rush of news a few weeks ago, 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 particular place. They are the
embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that
spirit, everywhere, is an American."

What you guys think about that? o_0

Were just going to have people killing people over there.

They can just shoot themselves.

may be they do, they so stupid to get on planes and crash buldings no doubt they would kill them selves

good article too bad people don't listen to logic

right...

maybe they just suck at flying

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/america2.htm

I knew I reconigzed that whole "Australian dentist" thing.

Why do people bother to attribute false authorship and backgrounds to things?

Why people kill others just like that?, I mean WTF you get by killing others?

tokens

level ups? they can just respawn.

That little speech kinda touches you... right here...

lol the only thing I agree with in the speech is that an american is not somebody from united states, is somebody from the continent america (didnt meant to offend anybody xD)

It didn't say that at all...

Now watch as the rest of the people read the first post, don't bother reading the rest of the posts, and make themselves foolish by posting their opinion even though it's been stated as false already.

I love how even in an article that's supposed to be about how everybody in America is equal, the author still takes the time to let everybody know that atheists are going to hell.

I think someone in Pakistan is an idiot, and someone in Australia realizes how misguided some people are

The "they" and "them" statements some of you guys were using to describe Pakistanis is exactly the kind of narrow-minded overly-generalized nationalism that this editorial is trying to counter. Being a Pakistani myself, albeit one of American nationality, I can tell you that many Pakistani don't harbor such unbridled hatred towards Americans. Of course, this is obvious and I shouldn't have to explain it to you guys.

How do you know what "they" and "them" refer to when it is never stated? Assuming they are generalising an entire country or race is not much better on your part than if they had.

You make a good point, actually. It was something I thought of when I was writing my post, but didn't put down since I didn't think it would really be necessary. Really it was Rain's comment that struck me as idiotic, since it generalizes Pakistan as a whole and I can't say for sure about the other posts since I don't know the poster's original intents.

That's bull**** Cloak. I hear "DEM FATASS AMERICANS" all the time. >:(