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[john page]

     I would ask you to consider something overheard in a Lowes store this
morning. This is what I heard a dark skinned bearded man say. "We are
Islamic FIRST and American last"! That scared me and made me think that the
Japanese thing in WWII was a good thing to do afterall. john


>From: Dan Stiles <mopacrr at YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: Dan Stiles <mopacrr at YAHOO.COM>
>To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
>Subject: off
>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 04:10:02 -0700
>
>I have also been following the discussions and have
>finally decided to throw my two cents in.
>
>Last night my daughter came home and said a student at
>her high school was in tears yesterday because someone
>said something to her.
>
>The student was from the middle east.  The comment
>made to her was about the current situation.  The girl
>still has family over there and is scared and worried
>about her family.  My first thought was tough.  There
>are plenty of people here who are scared and worried
>about their families too.
>
>Then I felt ashamed.  The girl here has nothing to do
>with what happened.  We make comments about "towel
>heads" I wonder what the rest of the world thinks
>about many of our people in baseball caps and driving
>pickups.
>
>Now please do not get me wrong.  I am a patriot and I
>love this country.  But didn't we learn our lesson
>about what we did to Japanesse-Americans after Pearl
>Harbor.  Yes, we have some serious problems with a
>small group of people from the Middle East but, all
>people from there are not bad.  After all unless you
>are a Native American, you came here from another
>country.  My family is mostly Irish and I am Catholic.
>  Does that mean I am a target?  Does that mean I
>belong to the IRA and set car bombs and kill innocent
>people?  Certainly not  My wife's father is from
>Italy.  Does that mean because Italy was an enemy in
>WWII he is bad?  Certainly not, he is one of the
>finest American citizens I know and I am honored he is
>my Father in Law, friend and role model for raising my
>children.
>
>Please let us remember what our country was founded
>for and by whom.
>
>The people who did this event must be caught and the
>cancer cut out of our society but everyone of Middle
>Eastern background is not the enemy only a tiny
>fraction.
>
>Judge people for what they are not where they came
>from.  Judge people for what they do not what a small
>band of unbalanced people from their country do.
>Judge people the way you would want to be judged.
>Remember that with all the trouble now, America is
>home to James Earl Ray, John Wilkes Booth, Charles
>Manson, Jim Jones, Tim McVeigh (SP), Lee Harvey
>Oswald, John Hinckley, etc...  Our hands are not blood
>free.
>
>Bring those who did this justice and declare war on
>terrorism with the full resources and rath of a nation
>that has been attacked.
>
>The enemy is a leader or leaders of a group of crazies
>not some high school student in my area or a couple
>with an accent running a 7-11.
>
>Judge others as you would be judged.
>
>Enough said and I am sure there are some who disagree
>and will say that.  Thank God that we live in a
>country where you can do that.
>
>God Bless America and all her citizens new and old.
>
>Dan Stiles
>
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