[Devils-list] An open letter to a terrorist:
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DevilsTrap@aol.com
Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:10:00 EDT
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An open letter to a terrorist:
Well, you hit the World Trade Center, but you missed America. You hit the
Pentagon, but you missed America. You used helpless American bodies, to
take out other American bodies, but like a poor marksman, you STILL missed
America.
Why? Because of something you guys will never understand. America isn't
about a building or two, not about financial centers, not about military
centers, America isn't about a place, America isn't even about a bunch of
bodies. America is about an IDEA. An idea, that you can go someplace where
you can earn as much as you can figure out how to, live for the most part,
like you envisioned living, and pursue Happiness. (No guarantees that
you'll reach it, but you can sure try!)
Go ahead and whine your terrorist whine, and chant your terrorist litany:
"If you can not see my point, then feel my pain." This concept is alien to
Americans. We live in a country where we don't have to see your point. But
you're free to have one. We don't have to listen to your speech. But you're
free to speak.
Don't know where you got the strange idea that everyone has to agree with
you. We don't agree with each other in this country, almost as a matter of
pride. We're a collection of guys that don't agree, called States. We
united our individual states to protect ourselves from tyranny in the
world. Another idea, we made up on the spot. You CAN make it up as you go,
when it's your country.
If you're free enough.
Yeah, we're fat, sloppy, easy-going goofs most of the time. That's an
unfortunate image to project to the world, but it comes of feeling free and
easy about the world you live in. It's unfortunate too, because people
start to forget that when you attack Americans, they tend to fight like a
cornered badger.=A0 Remember, you're not the first bully on our shores, just
the most recent.
So who just declared War on us? It would be nice to point to some real
estate, like the good old days. Unfortunately, we're probably at war with
random camps, in far-flung places - who think they're safe.
There's a spirit that tends to take over people who come to this country,
looking for opportunity, looking for liberty, and looking for freedom. even
if they misuse it. You guys seem to be incapable of understanding that we
don't live in America, America lives in us! American Spirit is what it's
called. And killing a few thousand of us, or a few million of us, won't
change it. Most of the time, it's a pretty happy-go-lucky kind of Spirit.
Until we're crossed in a cowardly manner, then it becomes an entirely
different kind of Spirit.
Wait until you see what we do with that Spirit, this time.
Sleep tight, if you can. We're coming.
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<BR>Well, you hit the World Trade Center, but you missed America. You hit th=
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<BR>Pentagon, but you missed America. You used helpless American bodies, to
<BR>take out other American bodies, but like a poor marksman, you STILL miss=
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<BR>America.
<BR>
<BR>Why? Because of something you guys will never understand. America isn't
<BR>about a building or two, not about financial centers, not about military
<BR>centers, America isn't about a place, America isn't even about a bunch o=
f
<BR>bodies. America is about an IDEA. An idea, that you can go someplace whe=
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<BR>you can earn as much as you can figure out how to, live for the most par=
t,
<BR>like you envisioned living, and pursue Happiness. (No guarantees that
<BR>you'll reach it, but you can sure try!)
<BR>
<BR>Go ahead and whine your terrorist whine, and chant your terrorist litany=
:
<BR>"If you can not see my point, then feel my pain." This concept is alien=20=
to
<BR>Americans. We live in a country where we don't have to see your point. B=
ut
<BR>you're free to have one. We don't have to listen to your speech. But you=
're
<BR>free to speak.
<BR>
<BR>Don't know where you got the strange idea that everyone has to agree wit=
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<BR>you. We don't agree with each other in this country, almost as a matter=20=
of
<BR>pride. We're a collection of guys that don't agree, called States. We
<BR>united our individual states to protect ourselves from tyranny in the
<BR>world. Another idea, we made up on the spot. You CAN make it up as you g=
o,
<BR>when it's your country.
<BR>
<BR>If you're free enough.
<BR>
<BR>Yeah, we're fat, sloppy, easy-going goofs most of the time. That's an
<BR>unfortunate image to project to the world, but it comes of feeling free=20=
and
<BR>easy about the world you live in. It's unfortunate too, because people
<BR>start to forget that when you attack Americans, they tend to fight like=20=
a
<BR>cornered badger.=A0 Remember, you're not the first bully on our shores,=20=
just
<BR>the most recent.
<BR>
<BR>So who just declared War on us? It would be nice to point to some real
<BR>estate, like the good old days. Unfortunately, we're probably at war wit=
h
<BR>random camps, in far-flung places - who think they're safe.
<BR>
<BR>There's a spirit that tends to take over people who come to this country=
,
<BR>looking for opportunity, looking for liberty, and looking for freedom. e=
ven
<BR>if they misuse it. You guys seem to be incapable of understanding that w=
e
<BR>don't live in America, America lives in us! American Spirit is what it's
<BR>called. And killing a few thousand of us, or a few million of us, won't
<BR>change it. Most of the time, it's a pretty happy-go-lucky kind of Spirit=
.
<BR>Until we're crossed in a cowardly manner, then it becomes an entirely
<BR>different kind of Spirit.
<BR>
<BR>Wait until you see what we do with that Spirit, this time.
<BR>
<BR>Sleep tight, if you can. We're coming.
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
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