vision2020
RE: this applies to Iran and Iraq as well!
Speaking for myself... I came here because of the freedom. I am, however,
saddened by how little we as a nation seem to value it. We cannot forget
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. This is what we are all about. Without it we
would be no different than Iran.
"Your brother in arms"
Shahab...
-----Original Message-----
From: Melynda Huskey [mailto:melynda_h@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:58 AM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: RE: this applies to Iran and Iraq as well!
At 09:22 AM 09/22/2001 -0500, P C wrote:
>I see a lot of people who come to this country, enjoy all of its
>benefits and freedoms, and then ridicule the hell out of it any >chance
>they get. A lot of people are sick of this.
If I'm not mistaken, one reason all of us immigrants (and we are all
immigrants except the Nez Perce around here) came to this country was the
lure of constitutionally-guaranteed freedom of speech, which included our
right and responsibility to scrutinize and critique every action undertaken
by our representatives in the government. Ridicule, dissent, and contention
are, as they say, features, not bugs, in the system. As for getting sick of
it, well, the alternative is one I'd really choke on: totalitarianism.
Melynda Huskey
melynda_h@hotmail.com
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