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Yep, that is a reprint from a post by Charles Brennen from South Florida on the Trailer Sailor BB. It pretty much says it all ("Hit The Buildings, Missed America") Chuck MacWheel99@aol.com wrote: > forwarded by MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac) > > Subject: Letter to terrorist > > > 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 say > > one. Don't know where you got the strange idea that everyone has to > > agree with you. There's a spirit that tends to take over people who come > > to this country, looking for opportunity, looking for liberty, 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..... > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries >(Midrange-NonTech) mailing list > To post a message email: Midrange-NonTech@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-nontech > or email: Midrange-NonTech-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-nontech.
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