[Rhodes22-list] You might be a True American if....

[L. Sailor]

well...THAT was vehement.....

The point in sending that list was not that any one
item was right or wrong, but that we seem to have lost
great respect for each other..no matter what our
station in life or nationality. Each of those
items..and there could have been others...tipifies
some manner of disrespect which has become prevalent
since the 70's or so....

Roy Hazlewood, FBI Special Agent who has spent 16
years researching serial killers, et al, including
Hannibal Lector, said in a speech he gave locally not
long ago that, "We seem to have lost two very
important brakes or inhibitors on our behavior...a
sense of responsibility and a sense of shame."

When we are INTENTIONALLY disrespectful, we exhibit no
sense of responsibility toward that person; when we
are DELIBERATELY offensive, we have no shame. 

Americans cannot discuss, converse, without someone
somewhere complaining that they are offended.

enuf.


elle


--- Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:

> Yeah, OK, I'd like to add a few too:
> 
> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you continue to
> support the administration
> no matter how many lies are crammed down our
> throats.
> 
> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you go to church
> every Sunday and pray for
> the destruction of others in the name of God.
> 
> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you think all
> languages except English
> should be banned within our borders.
> 
> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you're a white
> Anglo.
> 
> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if you think only TRUE
> AMERICANS adhere to this
> list!!
> 
> On 9/27/06 8:00 AM, "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Great email, Elle.  I'd only suugest one edit. 
> Add "Remove your hat" to the
> > part about the National Anthem.  That's always
> been a pet peeve of mine to
> > see folks at a ball game not take off their hat.
> > 
> > On 9/27/06, L. Sailor <watermusic38 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Came across my email this AM. Makes one think
> about
> >> how those  in the middle politically  are being
> >> bullied by the ends of the spectrum.
> >> 
> >> elle
> >> 
> >> 
> >> It is time to change from REDNECK humor to  TRUE
> >> AMERICAN  Humor! Only I don't see it as Humor,
> but the
> >> correct way to LIVE  YOUR LIFE ! If you feel the
> same,
> >> pass this on to your True  American friends.
> Ya'll
> >> know who ya' are...
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: It never
> occurred to
> >> you to be offended by the phrase, "One nation,
> under
> >> God."
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You've never
> >> protested about  seeing the 10 Commandments
> posted in
> >> public  places.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You still say
> >> "Christmas"  instead of "Winter Festival."
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You bow your
> head
> >> when someone
> >> prays.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You stand and
> place
> >> your hand  over your heart when they play the
> National
> >> Anthem.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You treat Viet 
> Nam
> >> vets with  great respect, and alw ays have.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You've never
> burned
> >> an American  flag.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You know what
> you
> >> believe and  you aren't afraid to say so, no
> matter
> >> who is listening.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You respect your
> >> elders and  expect your kids to do the same.
> >> 
> >> You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You'd give your
> last
> >> dollar to a  friend.
> >> 
> >> If you got this email from me, it is because I
> believe
> >> that you, like me, have just enough TRUE AMERICAN
> in
> >> you to have the same  beliefs as those talked
> about in
> >> this email. This is Excellent, No  Matter what
> you
> >> deem fit to call it. It is our Country, It is our
> way
> >> of LIFE, and I love it.
> >> 
> >> God Bless the U S A ! Git 'er done!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>
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