07-01-2002, 06:34 PM
Word up Gramps
Ikea, there is a difference between liking the country and being ready to defend it with your life.
You like America, you enjoy your freedoms and you opportunities, but do you love the idea of America?
Do you understand that the idea of America is much greater than the country itself. Right now there are thousands of people making sacrifices so you can keep your comfortable way of life. And why do they do that, why do they risk so much for strangers? Because they believe in America and they want to defend all Americans. Not for the greater glory of the nation or to increase the wealth of the state, but to defend the way of life of us here.
If all you are willing to do is criticize what is wrong, you are not a patriot. Neither is the whackjob who beats up immigrants because they are not 'real Americans'. Feel free to speak your mind about what is wrong, but don't say that just because you live here, you have the right not to care.
Ikea, there is a difference between liking the country and being ready to defend it with your life.
You like America, you enjoy your freedoms and you opportunities, but do you love the idea of America?
Do you understand that the idea of America is much greater than the country itself. Right now there are thousands of people making sacrifices so you can keep your comfortable way of life. And why do they do that, why do they risk so much for strangers? Because they believe in America and they want to defend all Americans. Not for the greater glory of the nation or to increase the wealth of the state, but to defend the way of life of us here.
If all you are willing to do is criticize what is wrong, you are not a patriot. Neither is the whackjob who beats up immigrants because they are not 'real Americans'. Feel free to speak your mind about what is wrong, but don't say that just because you live here, you have the right not to care.
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Your pocket Bible will stop an assailant's bullet, but not before it passes through four innocent bystanders, a school-bus gas tank, and your genitals.
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Your pocket Bible will stop an assailant's bullet, but not before it passes through four innocent bystanders, a school-bus gas tank, and your genitals.