[BITList] Australian Dentist Explains What An American Is

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Another slant
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> */Written by an Australian Dentist /*
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> */_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, Arab,  Pakistani or Afghan. /*
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> */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./*
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> *
> **/An American lives in the most prosperous/*
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> */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 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 came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win 
> back their country! /**
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>
> **/As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than 
> any other nation to the poor in /**/Afghanistan/**/../*
>
> */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/**//**
>
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> **/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./*
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