[lit-ideas] Re: British cab driver fights for Taliban in Afghanistan
- From: "Veronica Caley" <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:06:26 -0500
Lawrence: Over here we are all Americans once we become citizens -- where we
were born is irrelevant.
Sorry Lawrence. I wish this were true. Neither I nor my parents nor sister
were born here. But my sister and I are the only immigrants of whom this is
true. It used to be true of some of my Muslim friends. This ended more or
less when the US invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. One of my friends is in her 70s
and she is still very tied to Muslim culture, although she, like most people
she knows, would never go back there to live. She was born here. But tied to
both cultures. She speaks English and Arabic fluently. Her children, born
here, want to have nothing to do with Muslim anything. This is the exception.
Among many Muslims here, they go back to find a wife or husband. Keeps ties to
the old country and family there. Which is the point.
Veronica Caley
Milford, MI
----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence Helm
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:53 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: British cab driver fights for Taliban in Afghanistan
What, you distinguish amongst your citizens? I thought that was forbidden.
Aren't they all British now, even though they might have been born in
Afghanistan, Pakistan or someplace else? Over here we are all Americans once
we become citizens -- where we were born is irrelevant.
In my case my ancestors were all from England and Scotland albeit many
generations ago, and while I am a loyal American now I would hate to see the
homeland of my ancestors reduced to full-fledged dhimmitude.
Lawrence
From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Judith Evans
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 7:35 AM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: British cab driver fights for Taliban in Afghanistan
He's an Afghani, Lawrence, that's why he said his frtiends and family
are there and -- he said -- that's why he's fighting there.
Happy Thansgiving
Judy Evans, Cardiff
--- On Thu, 25/11/10, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] British cab driver fights for Taliban in
Afghanistan
To: "Lit-Ideas" <Lit-Ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 15:15
http://www.lawrencehelm.com/2010/11/british-cab-driver-fights-for-taliban.html
How can I have a happy Thanksgiving when British cab drivers are
killing Brits, Americans, and other NATO forces in Afghanistan?
Lawrence
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