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Max, I will not express an opinion regarding the content of your forwarded letter. I do have strong opinions about forwarding emails to 25 people including 2 email lists devoted to AIRCRAFT, NOT POLITICAL POINTS OF VIEW. Just because you think it deserves attention from me does not make it so. If I want political points of view, I will go to that kind of forum. Also, did you ask the 25 or so people if they wanted their email addresses and names published on email forums populated by hundreds of people they don't necessarily know? Perhaps Diane Nelson for example, doesn't want her name and address published. I know I don't want mine published by you in this manner. Dick in NM ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Pete Purvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Evelyn June Apitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Jim & Karen Prelerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Kreiner, Thane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mike Doubrava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Diane Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Matt Doubrava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Karl Trumpler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; William Fogarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Russell, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Hall, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Saville, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Oglesbee, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sikes, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Baird, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Caspary, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Eck, M.D., Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; McKinnie, Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Cooper, Fred & JoAn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Compere, Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Foster, Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Smith, Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; House, Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Horn, N Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:07 AM Subject: [COUPERS] Open Letter to Muslims > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > I received this on another forum. I think it deserves attention. Max in LAS > > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 5:05 PM > Subject: What Are Your Thoughts? > > The following letter was published in the Gazette, Hyattsville, MD October > 11, 2001, on the Community Forum page. > > You worry me. I wish you didn't. > > I wish when I walked down the streets of this country that I love, that your > color and culture still blended with the beautiful human landscape we enjoy > in this country. But you don't blend anymore. I notice you, and it worries > me. > > "I notice you because I can't help it anymore. People from your homelands, > and professing to be Muslims, have been attacking and killing my fellow > citizens and our friends for more than 20 years now. I don't fully > understand their grievances and hate but I know nothing can justify the > inhumanity of their attacks. > > On Sept. 11, nineteen Arab-Muslims hijacked four jetliners in my country. > They cut the throats of women in front of children and brutally stabbed to > death others. They took control of those planes and crashed them into > buildings killing thousands of proud fathers, loving sons, wise > grandparents, elegant daughters, best friends, favorite coaches, fearless > public servants and children's mothers. > > So I notice you now. > > I don't want to be worried. I don't want to be consumed by the same rage and > hate and prejudice that has destroyed the soul of these terrorists. But I > need your help. > > As a rational American, trying to protect my country and family in an > irrational and unsafe world, I must know how to differentiate between you. > How do I differentiate between the true Arab-Muslim-Americans and the > Arab-Muslims in our communities who are attending our schools, enjoying our > parks, ... [edited for brevity]... while they plot the next attack that will > slaughter those very same good neighbors and children? > > The answer to my own questions that it is past the time for me to try to > determine this. The events of Sept. 11th changed the answer. It is time > for every Arab-Muslim in this country to determine it for me. > > I want to know, I demand to know, if you love America. Do you pledge > allegiance to its flag? Do you pray in your many daily prayers that Allah > will bless this nation, that He will protect and prosper it? Are you > thankful for the freedom that only this nation affords? A freedom that was > paid for by the blood of hundreds of thousands of patriots? Are you willing > to preserve this freedom with the spilling of your own blood? Do you love > America? If this is your commitment, then I need you to start letting me > know about it. > > Your Muslim leaders in this nation should be flooding the media at this time > with hard facts on your faith, and what hard actions you are taking as a > community and religion to protect the United States of America. Please, no > more benign overtures of regret for the death of the "innocent" (I worry who > you regard as "innocent") and condemnation of "unprovoked" attacks (I worry > what is "unprovoked" to you.) I am not interested in any more sympathy, I > am interested only in action. What will you do for America-- the country -- > at this time of crisis, at this time of war? > > I want to see Arab-Muslims waving the flag in the streets. I want to hear > you chanting "Allah Bless America." I want to see Arab-Muslim young men > enlisting in the military. I want to see a commitment of money and time and > emotion to the victims of this butchering and to this nation as a whole. > > The FBI has a list of over 400 people they want to talk to regarding the WTC > attack. Many of these people live and socialize in Muslim communities. You > know them. You know where they are. Deliver them up, now. > > But I have seen little even approaching this sort of action. > > Instead I have seen an already closed and secretive community close even > tighter. You have disappeared from the streets. You have posted armed > security guards at your facilities. You have threatened lawsuits. You have > screamed for protection from reprisal. > > The few Arab-Muslim representatives that have appeared on the media are > defensive and equivocating. They seem more concerned with making sure the > U.S. prove who is responsible before they act, and protecting their own > people from any violence directed toward them, here in the U.S. and abroad. > > If the true teachings of Islam proclaim tolerance and peace and love for all > people, then I want chapter and verse from the Koran and statements from > popular Muslim leaders to back it up. > > Because even if the teachings in the Koran are good and pure and true, it > matters little if large numbers of current Islamic practitioners interpret > the teachings of Mohammed incorrectly and adhere to a degenerative form of > the religion. > > I want to know where every Arab-Muslim in this country stands and I think it > is within my right and the right of every true citizen of this country to > demand it. A right paid for by the blood of thousands of my brothers and > sisters. > > I am pleading with you to let me know. I want you here; as my brother, my > neighbor, my friend, as a fellow American. But there can be no "gray" areas > or ambivalence regarding your allegiance and it is up to you to show me > where you stand. > > Until then...you worry me. > > (signed) Kevin Daly, Beltsville > > This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from > http://www.printcharger.com/emailStripper.htm > > ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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