An Australian definition of Canadian and American
A nicely written piece... Written by an Australian Dentist...
To Kill an American or a Canadian
You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, 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
or Canadian…any American or Canadian.
So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day
to let everyone know what an American or Canadian is, so they would
know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!! )
An American or Canadian 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, Arab, Pakistani or Afghan.
An American or Canadian may also be a Comanche, Cherokee,
Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other
tribes known as "native" Americans or Canadians.
An American or Canadian is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or
Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America
and Canada than there is in Afghanistan . The only difference is that in
America they are free to worship as they choose.
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 or Canadian 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 (or in Canada, the Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms),which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American or Canadian is generous. Americans or Canadians 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 and Canadians 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 and Canadians 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 or Canadian 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 and Canadians are
not a particular people from a particular place. They are the
embodiment of the human spirit of freedom.
