In light of what has gone on this is something everyone should read...
Wednesday, September 12, 2001 by angtolo | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
This, from a Canadian newspaper...
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America: The Good Neighbor.
Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable
editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television
commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as
printed in the Congressional Record:
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most
generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of
the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and
forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying
even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who
propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the
streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in
to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes.
Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into
discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about
the decadent, warmongering Americans.
I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the
erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other
country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the
Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why
do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the
moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk
about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American
technocracy, and you find men on the moon - not once, but several times and
safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store
window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued
and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they
are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at
home to spend here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through
age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose.
Both are still broke.
I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other
people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to
the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during
the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired
of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with
their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at
the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is
not one of those."
"Stand proud, America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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America: The Good Neighbor.
Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable
editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television
commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as
printed in the Congressional Record:
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most
generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of
the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and
forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying
even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who
propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the
streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in
to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes.
Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into
discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about
the decadent, warmongering Americans.
I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the
erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other
country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the
Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why
do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the
moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk
about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American
technocracy, and you find men on the moon - not once, but several times and
safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store
window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued
and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they
are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at
home to spend here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through
age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose.
Both are still broke.
I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other
people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to
the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during
the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired
of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with
their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at
the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is
not one of those."
"Stand proud, America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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TheSkinsFactory
Reply #42 Friday, September 14, 2001 6:01 PM
Reply #42 Friday, September 14, 2001 6:01 PM
I can tell you one thing that aggravates me that i constantly hear about. I am equally pissed off at hearing about hate crimes being put upon the arab-americans. For christ sakes. These people didnt have anything to do with this. Leave them the f**k alone. I feel for the arab-americans. I feel for them for being scared of being attacked in their own country (USA) and i fear for their children being scarred in school by hate words.
I wonder what it must be like now to be an arab-american and have to take a flight somewhere. It must be a terrible feeling. My heart goes out to them as well.
BTW my religion is judiasm. I had to deal with jewish slurs all my life. It always hurt. Even stupid things like hearing people when dealing with money saying things like "dont be jewish about it." I was bartending one night a long time ago and some guy asked for a vodlka on the rocks and he said "and dont be jewish about it". I was so angry i cannot begin to tell you. I refused to serve him. I just simply left and smoked a cig and didnt serve him. My manager had to serve him.
So please support all people you come in contact with that cant stick up for themselves. If i saw someone attacking an arab-american you better believe i would beat that attacker down the best i could. Its our jobs as Americans (and everyone else) to stnad up for the people that cant stand up for themselves. Its what it means to be American and now after what i've seen its what it means to be part of the a world that is coming closer together in light of this terrible deed. As angry as i am over the events that killed our people, i have never felt so much love for other countries as i do now.
I wonder what it must be like now to be an arab-american and have to take a flight somewhere. It must be a terrible feeling. My heart goes out to them as well.
BTW my religion is judiasm. I had to deal with jewish slurs all my life. It always hurt. Even stupid things like hearing people when dealing with money saying things like "dont be jewish about it." I was bartending one night a long time ago and some guy asked for a vodlka on the rocks and he said "and dont be jewish about it". I was so angry i cannot begin to tell you. I refused to serve him. I just simply left and smoked a cig and didnt serve him. My manager had to serve him.
So please support all people you come in contact with that cant stick up for themselves. If i saw someone attacking an arab-american you better believe i would beat that attacker down the best i could. Its our jobs as Americans (and everyone else) to stnad up for the people that cant stand up for themselves. Its what it means to be American and now after what i've seen its what it means to be part of the a world that is coming closer together in light of this terrible deed. As angry as i am over the events that killed our people, i have never felt so much love for other countries as i do now.
plainsong
Reply #43 Saturday, September 15, 2001 1:17 PM
Reply #43 Saturday, September 15, 2001 1:17 PM
Yeah, there was some poor Muslim woman who had rocks thrown at her in Espoo (more or less a Helsinki suburb), and that is so not right. Yes there are plenty of Muslims from the middle-east here, there is even a Mosque within walking distance of our flat. But most of those people are refugees who wanted a better life for crying out loud.
Unlike those terrosts, I can't just hate blindly.
Unlike those terrosts, I can't just hate blindly.
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Reply #41 Friday, September 14, 2001 5:32 PM