"What is an American?

Don?t bother Snopes ,I already did, but it is still is pretty good read.


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

Written by an Australian Dentist....and 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 worl d 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 sprit, 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.
> Thanks!
>

Re: "What is an American?

It is a good read Tree. I can't really pass it on though since every body I know is American.

Re: "What is an American?

So true Don