VICI~S4

(forwarded to me via Email)

Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma School officials remove "God
Bless America" signs from
schools in fear that someone
might be offended.
Channel 12 News in
Long Island, New York, orders flags
removed from the newsroom and red,
white, and blue ribbons
removed from the lapels of reporters. Why?
Management did
not want to appear biased and felt that our nations
flag
might give the appearance that "they lean one way or
another".
Berkeley, California bans U.S. Flags from being
displayed on
city
fire trucks because they didn't want to offend anyone
in the community.
In an "act of tolerance" the head of the public
library at
Florida
Gulf Coast University ordered all "Proud to be an
American" signs removed so
as to not offend international
students.
I, for one, am quite
disturbed by these actions of so-called
American citizens; and I am tired of
this nation worrying
about whether or not we are offending some individual
or
their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on
September 11,
we have
experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of
Americans. However, the
dust from the attacks had barely
settled in New York and Washington D.C.
when the "politically
correct" crowd began complaining about the possibility

that
our patriotism was offending others.
I am not against
immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against
anyone who is seeking a better
life by coming to America. In
fact, our country's population is almost
entirely comprised of
descendants of immigrants; however, there are a few
things
that those who have recently come to our country, and
apparently
some native Americans, need to understand.
First of all, it is
not our responsibility to continually try
not to offend you in any way. This
idea of America being a
multi-cultural community has served only to dilute
our
sovereignty and our national identity. As Americans,
we have
our own
culture, our own society, our own language, and our
own lifestyle. This
culture, called the "American Way" has
been developed over centuries of
struggles, trials, and victories
by millions of men and women who have
sought freedom. Our
forefathers fought, bled, and died at places such as
Bunker
Hill, Antietam, San Juan, Iwo Jima, Normandy, Korea,
Vietnam,
We speak English, not Spanish, Arabic, Chinese,
Japanese,
Russian,
or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to
become part of our society
- learn our language!
"In God We Trust" is our national motto. This is
not some
off-the-wall, Christian, Right Wing, political slogan
- it
is
our national motto. It is engraved in stone in the
House
of Representatives
in our Capitol and it is printed on our
currency. We adopted this motto
because Christian men and
women, on Christian principles, founded this
nation; and
this is clearly documented throughout our history. If
it is
appropriate for our motto to be inscribed in the halls
of our
highest
level of Government, then it is certainly appropriate
to display it on the
walls of our schools.
God is in our pledge, our National Anthem, nearly
every
patriotic song, and in our founding documents. We
honor His
birth,
death, and resurrection as holidays, and we turn to
Him in prayer in times
of crisis. If God offends you, then
I suggest you consider another part of
the world as your new
home, because God is part of our culture and we are
proud
to have Him.
We are proud of our heritage and those who have
so honorably
defended our freedoms. We celebrate Independence Day,
Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Flag Day. We have
parades,
picnics, and
barbecues where we proudly wave our flag. As
an American, I have the right
to wave my flag, sing my national
anthem, quote my national motto, and cite
my pledge whenever
and wherever I choose. If the Stars and Stripes offend

you, or
you don't like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously
consider
a
move to another part of this planet.
The American culture is our way of
life, our heritage, and we
are proud of it. We are happy with our culture
and have no
desire to change, and we really don't care how you did
things
where you came from. We are Americans, like it or not,
this
is our
country, our land, and our lifestyle.
Our First Amendment gives every
citizen the right to express
his opinion about our government, culture, or
society, and we
will allow you every opportunity to do so. But once
you are
done complaining, whining, and griping about our flag,
our
pledge, our
national motto, or our way of life, I highly
encourage you take advantage of
one other great American
freedom, the right to leave.
The time has come
to take back our country. LOUD AND PROUD THIS MY
COUNTRY, MY WAY OF LIFE.
If
you agree, pass this onto other Americans!!
It is time to take a stand!!

Cup-a-Chow

I don't see why people would be offended by the American Flag. It's a symbol of this country and if you live here I would think that you are proud of being in this country. Or else, you really wouldn't be here.
However, I always thought the Church and the State are now separate. While God doesn't offend me, I would think that if anyone didn't believe in God, they don't have to leave the country. First Amendment right? It's in the article.

And you don't have to speak English to live here IMO. Why do you care if somebody can't speak the language? It's not really your problem. I don't remember English as being the national languages in America. America doesn't have a national language.

FrankS

If you don't like it vote Republican.

Dave-S4FL

I would tend to agree with the bulk of your views. I am not an American, I'm British but I've been in the US for over 5 years. Obviously language is not a problem, well, not the majority of the time :-) However, I can say that the US is way too concerned and way too PC. When in Rome do as the Romans do. I'm all for that. Or at the very least, other people should not be offended by Americans, who are being Americans, in America. I lived in France for 4 years and my approach was to embrace their lifestyle, which is very different from the British. The end result ? I speak fluent French, even have a pretty darn good French accent to the point that some French people think I'm French, I got to understand the French mentality and culture a whole lot...and more importantly I enjoyed my time in France and I can now say that I love the French people. I see Britian going the way of the US in that PC is becoming far more popular to the point that you get scared of saying something incase you offend some other nationality that I personnaly may not know a great deal about. Well, just my $00.2. Oh yeah, one other thing...why is it you can never buy "Christmas" cards over here in the US...they are all "Holiday" cards ? I don't get that. It is Christmas for those of us who belive in it. Why should we feel afraid/awkward about saying Christmas ? Everytime someone tells me to have a happy "holiday" I smile, tell them I'm not going anywhere and tell them to have a Merry "Christmas" :-)